Sweet Mud Movie

DROR SHAUL was more than a little apprehensive last September when he ventured to the Israeli kibbutz where he grew up to show residents his newest film. This was no local-boy-makes-good homecoming. Shaul's fictional movie, "Sweet Mud," based on his childhood in the village and memories of his mother's long battle with mental illness there, paints an unflattering picture of life on the kibbutz in the 1970s.

DROR SHAUL was more than a little apprehensive last September when he ventured to the Israeli kibbutz where he grew up to show residents his newest film. This was no local-boy-makes-good homecoming. Shaul's fictional movie, "Sweet Mud," based on his childhood in the village and memories of his mother's long battle with mental illness there, paints an unflattering picture of life on the kibbutz in the 1970s.