{"id":34739,"date":"2024-10-11T09:43:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T07:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/?p=34739"},"modified":"2024-10-14T21:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:14:15","slug":"freedom-is-a-combat-sport-on-tatami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/freedom-is-a-combat-sport-on-tatami\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom is a Combat Sport: On Tatami<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a unity of place, action, and time that reinforces the growing tension, the challenge for the young judoka is to free herself from the hold that men have over her body, to regain control of it and invent her own destiny.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Karim Goury<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Even though it was released at the height of the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, <\/span>Tatami<\/span><\/i> is neither a documentary about judo, nor a fiction about sport, but if you expect <\/span>Tatami <\/span><\/i>to be a political film, you won\u2019t be disappointed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The place where politics meets sport is in combat, and in Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi’s feature, an American-Georgian production, there are fights on multiple levels. The political battle (against authoritarianism and sectarianism), the sporting battle (for victory in the world championship), the inner battle (for a woman’s emancipation and freedom). These three levels of conflict are skillfully interwoven to create exponential tension and suspense.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fact that Tatami<\/em> is the first feature film to be co-directed by an Iranian and an Israeli filmmaker adds another level of suspense for the informed viewer.<\/p>\n

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