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Florida Premiere
Sponsored by: Cultural Council of Palm Beach County
Special thanks to the Consulate General of Israel to Miami and Puerto Rico
Co-Directed by: Avishai Mekonen & Shari Rothfarb Mekonen
Israel 2012 / Hebrew with English subtitles / 60 minutes
In 1984, the Beta Israel—a secluded 2,500-year-old community of observant Jews in the northern Ethiopian mountains—began a secret and dangerous journey of escape from a dictator who declared their worship of Judaism illegal. Co-Director Avishai Mekonen, then 10 years old, was among them. In this film, he breaks his 20-year silence about the brutal kidnapping he endured as a child in Sudan during his community’s exodus. This life defining event launches an inquiry into identity, leading him to African, Asian and Latino Jews in Israel and the U.S.
Hosted by: Co-Directors Avishai Mekonen & Shari Rothfarb Mekonen followed by Q & A
Showing at:
Cobb Downtown, Sunday, Jan. 20, 7:00 pm
Regal Delray 18, Monday, Jan. 21, 5:00 pm
Online ticket sales close 48 hours prior to the films showing.
Individual tickets are available at the theater the day of showing.
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