Materials consist of physical and digital files related to six of Amos Gitai's films, which have been organized into 6 series: Series 1. Promised Land, Series 2. Free Zone, Series 3. Disengagement, Series 4. One Day You'll Understand, Series 5. Home (triology), and Series 6. Tsili. Series 5 is further divided into the three films: House, House in Jerusalem, News from Home/News from House.

Amos Gitai (born 1950) is an Israeli filmmaker. His films, both documentaries as well as feature length films, are on topics on topics of the Middle East and the Jewish-Arab conflict and the Holocaust in Europe and beyond. Gitai has been invited to enter, among others, the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival, and he has received several prestigious prizes for his work.

17 hard drive(s) (external) 1) Promised Land (Terre promise) 2002-2004; 2) Free Zone 2004-2005; 3) Disengagement 2005-2007; 4) One Day You Will Understand (Plus tard, tu comprendras) 2007-2008; 5) Home (documentary trilogy: House [1980] - A House in Jerusalem [1998] - News from home, News from House [2001]); 6) Tsili 2008-2014

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The physical portion of the collection is open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Digital materials related to the films One Day You'll Understand (Plus tard, tu comprendras), Tsili, and the House trilogy have been processed and are open for research; still images and text documents are available through SearchWorks at https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/12142651, while video files and Final Cut Pro projects are available as previews via SearchWorks, and in full in the Department of Special Collections. The remaining digital portion of the collection is CLOSED until processing is complete.