The Bibi Files

Overview

THE BIBI FILES Screening is SOLD OUT!

Just shortlisted for the 2025 Oscars! The Bibi Files is a documentary with never-before-seen interrogation footage of Benjamin Netanyahu and his inner circle. The film provides an unflinching gaze into the private world behind the headlines.

Petty vanity and a sense of entitlement leads to corruption and the unwillingness of the Netanyahu’s to give up power. The extreme right senses opportunity in Bibi’s weakness, and the dominos fall.

*Warning: This film contains footage of graphic violence

Director Alexis Bloom will be in attendance for a special post-screening Q&A

Born in South Africa, Alexis worked for the National Geographic Channel, BBC World and PBS Frontline in her early career. In 2014, she won the PGA Award for “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,” for Universal Pictures.

In 2017, Alexis co-directed HBO’s “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds”, nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directing, and an Emmy for Exceptional Merit. In 2019 she directed “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes” (also nominated for an Emmy Award.) Her last film, “Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg” was released by Magnolia Pictures in May 2024.

Moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and New York Times best-selling author Thomas L. Friedman.

Thomas L. Friedman is an internationally known author, reporter, and columnist; recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes; and author of seven best-selling books: From Beirut to Jerusalem; The Lexus and the Olive Tree; Longitudes and Attitudes; The World Is Flat; Hot, Flat, and Crowded; That Used to Be Us, which he co-wrote with Michael Mandelbaum and Thank you For Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations.

Friedman’s foreign affairs column in The New York Times, which he has written since 1995, reports on US domestic politics and foreign policy, Middle East conflicts, international economics, environment, biodiversity, and energy. He has been with The New York Times since 1981.