10%: What Makes a Hero?

10%: What Makes a Hero? Yoav Shamir Yoav Shamir Tanya Aizikovich, Yoav Shamir, Michael Moore, Karina Rotenstein Philip Zimbardo Yoav Shamir Yoav Shamir Films 2013 88 minutes Israel, United States, South Africa, Germany, Congo English 10%: What Makes a Hero? (he 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.http://nfct.org.il/en/movies/10-what-makes-a-hero/ 10% – What Makes a Hero? The New Fund for Cinema and Television 2016-02-22 Production The film was partially financed by the filmmaker Michael Moore, who is credited as an executive producer. Shamir crowdfunded a part of the film's budget, and Moore offered to donate the same amount of money as the crowdfunding campaign was able to raise. According to Moore, he had become an admirer of Shamir after watching Shamir's 2009 film Defamation, a documentary on antisemitism and its political uses.Zur Glozman Masha 2012-01-07 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israeli-documentarian-tackles-the-question-of-what-makes-a-hero-1.409504 https://web.archive.org/web/20250526110107/https://www.haaretz.com/2012-01-27/ty-article/israeli-documentarian-tackles-the-question-of-what-makes-a-hero/0000017f-f968-d884-a17f-fdfd26030000 dead May 26, 2025 Israeli Documentarian Tackles the Question of What Makes a Hero Haaretz 2016-02-22 Reception External links 2662228 Official website Publicity page at the director's website Category:2013 documentary films Category:2013 films Category:Films directed by Yoav Shamir Category:2013 Hebrew-language films Category:Israeli documentary films Category:Documentary films about psychology