Date: August 6th 2008
3rd I copresents at the 28th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (Jul 24 - Aug 10)
IN SEARCH OF BENE ISRAEL
World Premiere
Sadia Shepard (India/United States, 2008, 36min., Hindi, English w/ Eng. subtitles)
WHEN: Sunday, August 10, 3:00pm
WHERE: Jewish Community Center, San Francisco
Returning to her Jewish grandmother's birthplace in India, director Sadia Shepard discovers
the story of Bene Israel, a tiny Jewish community in Bombay. Her colorful documentary is a
journey to reconnect with a group of Jews who believe they are descended from one of the
lost tribes of Israel, shipwrecked in India 2,000 years ago.
Preceded by:
ASHKENAZ (Rachel Leah Jones, Israel, 2007, 72 min.),
a pithy but panoramic view of Israel's "white" Jews.
For more information, please visit: www.sfjff.org
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