Is.Real TV, a video project launched in early August by 23 Tel Aviv University students, has just gone live.
“Through this project, we intend to show millions of our peers around the world Israel’s true, beautiful face as never seen before,” says project coordinator Or Shahar, 27. “We gave four young Israelis 90 minutes to tell their stories.” Each stars in five short episodes released through YouTube, the Is.Real website and Facebook.
Here are the initial videos of the four Israelis.
Now don’t get me wrong. I appreciate the effort to show the “human side” of Israel as much as the next guy. I just feel that when it is done as a “project,” with slick production and really good looking people, it loses some of its effectiveness. More chic than authentic. And although we really are just regular people trying to get on with our lives, these videos run the risk of making it look less like we are regular people and more like we are trying to prove we are regular people.
Of course, there’s also a chance I’m just being pissy they didn’t approach me to be one of the subjects, nor as one of the “influential bloggers and members of the press to launch their project.”
