In the 1950s and '60s, Jews from cosmopolitan Arab cities like Baghdad and Casablanca arrived in Israel, often finding themselves in small, undeveloped towns. Meet seven women who grew into adulthood in Israel's Negev, where food was often scarce and education lacking. But for these women, this new reality wouldn't stop them from creating rich lives ? or from throwing dance parties set to twist records smuggled from Morocco. A glimpse into an important and overlooked chapter of Israel's early history.
Best Documentary Film Award, Jerusalem International Film Festival
Ophir (Israeli Academy) Award Nomination, Best Documentary, 2017
Introduction by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Associate Director of the Hadassah Brandeis Institute, followed by a Q&A with Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber, Associate Professor of Media and Journalism at Sufffolk University at the Nov 11 screening
Sponsored by
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
Israeli American Council