Bondage scene
The more controversial parts of the production include scenes with students
performing "dirty dances"; a tied up student wearing tight and revealing
clothes who sends seductive glares to the camera; a male student putting his
hand down his pants, and then being undressed by two female students; a student
examining a vibrator; and two students dressed in lingerie and portrayed as
"sex dolls."
"The object of the movie is not to offend people, but to get them to be more
open. we didn't show anything very provocative, we were mild," Osnat
Kishlinsky, one of the film's directors explained.
Referring to the incident with the religious students, Kishlinsky said she and
her teammates were a little shocked to learn that some were offended by the
film, which was predictable in light of the girls' religious conviction.
Principle: Parents convinced me
The teacher who instructed the students in making the movie, Galit Yogev, said
the film's contents were granted the approval by the school, and that the
students' parents were highly supportive of the production.
The high school principle Edna Levin said she was slightly less convinced that
all the scenes in the movie were appropriate, but stressed she believed the
movie was humoristic and ironic.
"I did have an argument with the students about one of the scenes, but they
insisted, and finally the parent called me up and talked me into allowing it,"
Levin said.
'Example for democracy'
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Education Ministry sources responded with contradicting messages to the
disputed film.
Dorit Blin, the ministry's national supervisor over cinema studies in high
schools, said the debate regarding the movie is "an example for education and
democracy, and for ways to raise the subject involving the school management,
the teacher, the students and the parents to determine a solution."
"We teach the children to criticize social dilemmas. How can they learn without
creating dilemmas of their own?" she asked.
Meanwhile, the Education Ministry's official response stated that "the
competition was conducted without cooperation with the Ministry," and that "we
are currently looking into means to strengthen monitoring control over the
contents of films produced in schools."
Deputy Education Minister Majalli Whbee, who was the keynote speaker in the
competition said he was not aware of the contents of the films that were
screened in the event.
"No one has informed me of the contents of the movies. I gave a speech at the
event and left shortly after. Had I known that a movie containing pornographic
material would be projected, I would condemn and denounce it," Whbee said.
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