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Emmy award for Israeli documentary about racist football fans

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Published: 5 October 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Maya Zinshtein’s ‘Forever Pure,’ broadcast on PBS, deals with fan backlash against Beitar Jerusalem when it signed Muslim players in 2013

Israeli documentary about racist soccer fans wins Emmy (Times of Israel)
An Israeli documentary film about racism among fans of a controversial soccer team won an Emmy Award on Monday night in the Outstanding Politics & Government Documentary category.

Forever Pure is a film by Israeli documentary director Maya Zinshtein that was broadcast by the Independent Lens show on the US television network PBS.

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