About Iris Zaki
Born 1978. Iris Zaki is an Israeli documentary filmmaker.
Iris Zaki is an Israeli film maker. She is best known for her film Unsettling which is a documentary about Zaki (a left wing Israeli) living in the Israeli settlement of Tekoa for two months. An earlier film by Zaki, Women in Sink, received 13 awards and has been screened at over 120 festivals and universities. Zaki teaches ethnographic and documentary filmmaking.
Zaki completed her PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London. While filming Unsettling Zaki says, "It took a long time for people to calm down and feel comfortable with my presence".
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Who is Iris Zaki?
Israeli film maker
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Iris Zaki was born on 8 June 1978 in Haifa.
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Iris Zaki is a documentary filmmaker.
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Iris Zaki is Israeli.
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