FOREVER PURE

By Maya ZINSHTEIN

INSIDE OUT FILMS - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2016

January, 2013. A secretive transfer deal transported two Muslim players into the heart of Israel and the Jewish oriented Beitar Jerusalem F.C., leading to the most racist campaign in Israeli sport. One season and one football team in crisis, as power, money and politics fuel a club spiralling out of

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2016
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • ISRAEL
    • Languages
    • HEBREW
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Maya ZINSHTEIN
    • Producer(s)
    • Geoff ARBOURNE (DUCKIN' & DIVIN' FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • Beitar Jerusalem F.C. is the most popular and controversial football team in Israel, the only club in the Premier League never to sign an Arab player. Mid-way through the 2012-13 season, a secretive transfer deal by the owner, Russian-Israeli oligarch Arcadi Gaydamak, brought two Muslim players from Chechnya. The deal inspired the most racist campaign in Israeli sport that sent the club spiralling out of control. One season in a life of this famed club is a story of Israeli society, personal identity, politics, money and a window into how racism is destroying a team and society from within.