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The Jewish Experience, from Basavilbaso to New Amsterdam

2019 · 84 min

A quiet, thoughtful journey through scattered memories and old places, asking you to listen closely as history and family blur together.

Directed by: Miguel Kohan
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Mordechai Arbell, Harold Sibjling, Rachel Frankel

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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Directed by: Miguel Kohan
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Mordechai Arbell, Harold Sibjling, Rachel Frankel

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
isolation
faith
family
Places: road trip
countryside
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Miguel Kohan
Written by: Inés de Oliveira Cézar, Miguel Kohan
Starring: Mordechai Arbell, Harold Sibjling, Rachel Frankel, Jackes Rimbemboim
Runtime: 84 min
Country: Argentina
Languages: English, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish

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