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Island of Roses: Tragedy in Paradise (L' Isola Delle Rose: La Tragedia di un Paradiso)
Sunday, May 3, 11:00 AM at
Director(s): Rebecca Samonà
Country: Italy
Year: 2007
Length: 57 MINUTES
Format: DigiBeta | Documentary
Language: Italian/French/Ladino with English subtitles
Special Guest(s) Information: Director Rebeca Samonà
Website: http://www.10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=6291&lang=en
Pregnant with her second child, director Rebecca Samona travels with her mother to Rhodes, where their family lived for many generations. The Rhodeslis Jewish community goes back to the golden age of Italian rule and survived until the height of WWII, when Nazi Germany took control of the Mediterranean island and deported or sent most to concentration camps. Samona tells a rather simple story about family survival -through passed down traditions, food, songs, rituals, and their medieval Ladino Spanish dialect - using extensive family photos, newsreel and archival footage. Trailer>> Plays with: Ladino: 500 Years.
Topics: History, Sephardic Jews, Ladino/Judeo-Spanish, Rhodes, Italy, Family History
PRINT SOURCE: 10 Francs
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EMAIL: 10francs@10francs.fr
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Sponsors
Hospitality: Pan Pacific Seattle Hotel.
Community Partners: American Sephardi Federation, Sephardic Ladino Heritage Group and University of Washington Jewish Studies Program in the Jackson School of International Studies
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