Ofra Bloch
Ofra Bloch

Psychoanalyst and trauma expert Ofra Bloch grew up in Israel and has volunteered with Doctors of the World, where she interviewed victims of torture and wrote their affidavits. In her first feature documentary Afterward, Bloch forces herself to confront her own personal demons in a journey that takes her to Germany, Israel, and Palestine to uncover the secret wounds carried by both victims and victimizers. Watch the documentary here.

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Curt’s Hebron

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