What Matters NowDocumentary director Igal Hecht takes the Bible into 'The Wilderness' in new 10-part series
This week we’re speaking with Canadian-Israeli documentary filmmaker Igal Hecht, whose newest project “The Wilderness” is now screening in North America.
"The Wilderness" is a 10-part series exploring biblical stories from the Hebrew and Christian Bibles in which the core action takes place in the desert. The stories include the Temptation of Christ, Hagar’s promise, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the story of Ruth and Naomi. Hecht himself plays Lot because, as he put it, anyone who had a beard was cast.
While some 40 Israeli actors took part in the series, which is narrated by a team of internationally known biblical scholars and archaeologists, the true star is clearly the breathtaking Israeli desert.
Later, we chat about a project Hecht calls his “Moby Dick” — a film he tentatively titled "My Election" that he began two years ago when he was about to vote in his first Israeli election. Since then he’s voted in two more.
With another election likely on the horizon, his camera is still rolling and capturing the Balfour protests ahead of this next campaign.
"The Wilderness" is a 10-part series exploring biblical stories from the Hebrew and Christian Bibles in which the core action takes place in the desert. The stories include the Temptation of Christ, Hagar’s promise, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the story of Ruth and Naomi. Hecht himself plays Lot because, as he put it, anyone who had a beard was cast.
While some 40 Israeli actors took part in the series, which is narrated by a team of internationally known biblical scholars and archaeologists, the true star is clearly the breathtaking Israeli desert.
Later, we chat about a project Hecht calls his “Moby Dick” — a film he tentatively titled "My Election" that he began two years ago when he was about to vote in his first Israeli election. Since then he’s voted in two more.
With another election likely on the horizon, his camera is still rolling and capturing the Balfour protests ahead of this next campaign.
