Levantine: Jacqueline Kahanoff | The Hebrews
The Hebrews: Jewish Literary Giants Revealed • 48m
She lived in Cairo, Paris, and New York, but died in an old-age home in Givatayim, Israel. She was charismatic and admired, but only a few people actually knew her well during her life. She was the first to write of Levantine and Mizrachi identities, Director Rafael Balulu goes on a journey in the footsteps of “Levantine thinker” and author, and through encounters with her friends in Paris, with intellectuals in the Mizrachi discourse, and with Levantine artists, he not only draws a portrait of this impressive thinker and writer, but also chronicles the trajectory of Levantine identity in Israel as a cultural option.
Directed by Rafael Balulu
Produced by Yair Qedar
Israel, 2019
Documentary
Hebrew, French (with English subtitles)
48 minutes
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