Hava Kohav Beller
Hava Kohav Beller is a filmmaker primarily known for three
Early life
Beller was born in
Hava Beller lives in New York City.
Career
Beller was a dancer and choreographer, and had her own dance company in New York. She acted in off-Broadway productions. From 1979 to 1981 she studied filmmaking with Arnold S. Eagle at the New School for Social Research.
In 1991, after nine years in the making, Beller finished the film The Restless Conscience. The film examines the Nazi terror and those who fought it from within. In 1992, The Restless Conscience was nominated for an
The Burning Wall depicts the development of the GDR—its founders and those who opposed it, as it emerged from the ashes of World War II. It charts its political and social evolution through various stages, including the 1956 uprising and the building of the Berlin Wall. Particular attention is paid to the life of Robert Havemann, whose biography threads these episodes together. The film's latter part focuses on the work of the Stasi, with many original interviews with former Stasi discussing their cases and methods, as well as interviews with the subjects of their surveillance.
It premiered at the
After a 16-year gap, Beller finished a third documentary, about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, titled In the Land of Pomegranates (2018).[5] It premiered at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas in New York City on January 5, 2018.
References
- ^ "Interview with H.Beller".
- IMDb
- ^ "The Restless Conscience website".
- ^ "Anchorage Film Festival". www.anchoragefilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- IMDb