10%: What Makes a Hero? (2013)
1h 28m
Running Time
July 16, 2013Release Date
10%: What Makes a Hero? (2013)
1h 28m
Running Time
July 16, 2013Release Date
Plot.
Award-winning director Yoav Shamir (Defamation, Checkpoint) sets out on an entertaining and insightful international quest, exploring the notion of heroism through a multi-faceted lens. From ordinary heroes to freedom fighters, primates to humans, behavioral scientists to geneticists, even Ayn Rand to Raelians, Shamir leaves no stone unturned, and along the way unveils the fundamental truths of human nature.
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10%: What Makes a Hero? (Hebrew: 10% – מה הופך אדם לגיבור?, 10% – Mah Hofech Adam Lagibor?) is a 2013 Israeli documentary film directed by Yoav Shamir. The film focuses on the concept of heroism, which the director sets out to define and locate. The title refers to the Milgram experiment where 10% of the subjects were shown to go against authorities for the sake of moral conviction.
The film was screened at a number of international film festivals. It received the Documentary Excellence Award at the 2013 South Film Festival in Israel.