Children of the sun

Children of the first kibbutzim in Israel were born in the early 20th century to youthful parents, full of hope. They have been called Children of the Sun, because they were considered children of the Sun of Nations Revolution in Israel. They were born into a utopia and were destined to become the New Man. They were educated in a society governed by an ideology that aspired to replace the nuclear family with the collective, to subjugate the will of the individual in favour of the common good and a life of equality. Children of the Sun tells the story of the journey in search of a society’s memory and the concepts that have been passed on from that world. The film is a collage comprised of more than eighty amateur films, rare footage that was shot at the kibbutzim between 1930 and 1970 and rare recordings and conversations with family and friends. This tapestry creates both a personal and public story about one of the most fascinating myths of the Zionist movement in the Land of Israel.