The Uganda Bar in Tel Aviv is showing Raash Besheket tonight, a film by director Nir Bergman about Plastic Venus, one of Israel’s most influential alternative bands from the 90s, which just happened to be fronted by his sister, Ronit Bergman. This is to launch the new DVD release of the film.
The film includes interviews with band members, music from the band and clips detailing their lives in Tel Aviv and their ultimate move away from Israel to London, where they hoped to make a name for themselves. The band split up while in London.
The film’s title can be loosely translated into “quiet noise” or “noise quietly”, but in context means something like “noise in peace”. It’s taken from a line said by Ronit Bergman in an interview taken from the film, stating that in Israel, they won’t let you make noise in peace. It pretty much captures what it’s like to try and make it in Israel as a musician, so this story, while quite a few years old, is still very relevant today.
I couldn’t get an answer as to whether the film has English subtitles for the interviews, but the event is free and the music bits are going to be good at the very least. If you’re interested, you can buy a limited edition of the DVD, lumped with the band’s debut album for only 65NIS. I believe it’s a very limited edition. The event will be attended by brother and sister Bergman as well as the band’s bassist and a few other people who were involved with the group.
It’s all happening tonight (Tuesday) from 20:00 at the Uganda Bar.