The Jewish Experience, from Basavilbaso to New Amsterdam (2019)
• April 11th, 2019 • 1h 24min
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Overview
Director Miguel Kohan tries to connect the memories of his Gaucho-Jewish family with the fleeing of the Sephardim from the Iberian Península in 1492. Surinam, New York, Jamaica, and Brazil are some of the places where the untold story of those who escaped inquisition is visibilized.
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