Flipping Out - Israel's Drug Generation (2008)

Name: Flipping Out - Israel's Drug Generation
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2008-01-01

Running Time

Plot.

Military service in Israel is compulsive for all able-bodied Jewish men and women. Once their years of service is up they are granted a bonus which many use to travel to India to wind down and recover from their experiences. About 90% of them will use drugs during their travels and every year about two thousand of them will require professional help to recover from this drug use. The extreme psychotic break these people experience is commonly referred to as "flipping out".

Where to Watch.

Subs

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Cast & Crew.

Yoav Shamir

Director

Leon Edery

Producer

Moshe Edery

Producer

Philippa Kowarsky

Producer

Kent Martin

Producer

Ophir Leibovitch

Composer

Era Lapid

Editor

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 2008

Status
Released

Running Time
1h

Genres
Documentary War & Politics

Last updated: 2025-02-13

Wiki.

Flipping Out is a 2007 Israeli-Canadian documentary film directed by Yoav Shamir describing the drug use of Israeli men and women in India. It follows Israeli soldiers who take their discharge bonus and travel to India, where 90 percent will take drugs and around 2,000 will eventually need professional help after experiencing drug-induced mental breakdowns, or "flipping out".