In September, as part of the Ecos de Sefarad programme of activities, we dedicated the Tuesday Film sessions to the Sephardim, descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492.
This cycle opens our eyes to the unique history of the Sephardic Jews, to their traditions and above all to their determination to preserve a culture that has its roots in Sepharad, the medieval Spain of our ancestors.
Tuesday 17 September, 20.30 h.
Tinghir-Jesuralem. The echoes of Mellah. Kamal Hachkar. Morocco, 2014, 86 min.
Through various testimonies, this documentary bears witness to the coexistence between Muslims and Berber Jews in Tinghir, in southern Morocco, until the latter left the town in the 1960s to settle in Israel. In the words of the director, "It is a reflection on a plural identity and a common territory between Muslims and Berber Jews, and how they lived together".
Hachkar, a French-Moroccan Berber and Muslim born in Tinghir, travels to his home village to interview Muslims, and to Israel to meet the Jews who left Morocco, and from these two parts of the world they tell of their life together.
Free admission until full capacity is reached.