ABE NATHAN: AS THE SUN SETS

ABE NATHAN: AS THE SUN SETS

Director: Eytan Harris / Israel 2005

Category: History / Politics / Disability / Health

Language: Hebrew, English.

Subtitles: English

Length: 78 minutes

The fascinating life story of Abe Nathan – ”The Peace Pilot’, who risked his life for peace in the Middle East. “Abie” Nathan, a former Israeli fighter pilot, famously flew to Egypt in 1966 with his solo flight more than a decade before Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty, to promote unity between Jews and Arabs. He created the famous ‘Voice of Peace’ an offshore radio station, that broadcast for 20 years rock music and messages of peace, from his pirate radio station in the Mediterranean Sea. Nathan organized missions, reaching forgotten corners of the world giving food to starving children, but at the same time could not be a real father to his own daughter.

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About Abe Nathan

Festivals & Awards: 

  • Reflections: Community-Powered Cinema: Grand Cinema & Peace Bus, Tacoma, USA 2022
  • Winner: Best Documentary Director Award: Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel 2005

Movie Reviews:
* « In those saturated moments of human truth that the film is so rich with, it reaches unusual extreme heights. » Meir Shnitzer / Maariv daily newspaper
* « This nostalgic and painful film brings together one of the most tragic sagas of Israeli history with it's own tragic end.
It is the story of the betrayal of the body; the expiration of an idea; a reminder of our naive era, just before the big explosion of  blind nationalism. » Gidi Orsher / Galei Zahal radio station

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