Director: TamA!s Wormser | Canada / Uganda | 2022 | Documentary |A English / Luganda /A Gwere / Hebrew / English Subtitles | 90 min
Screening: Sunday, 13 November, 12:15pm
SYNOPSIS:
A little-known Jewish community in rural Uganda dreams of reaching the Promised Land through their devoted practice of Judaism. When they encounter a group of Orthodox Israeli rabbis, including the charismatic Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, everyone is destined to be transformed. Director TamA!s Wormser documents the extraordinary encounter over seven years, crafting a nuanced and visually arresting documentary, while reflecting on wealth, identity, religion, Israela s place in the Jewish community and the long shadow of African colonialism.
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