Mizrahim, les oubliés de la Terre Promise

"From the Promised Land to Oblivion"

Jun 8 2022 N/A 1h 33m
Documentary

In the 1950's, Jews coming from North Africa and the Middle East settled in the newly constituted State of Israël. The Mizrahim, as their are called, were denied their right to a better life and forced to move to development towns in the Negev Desert. Today, the new generations of Mizrahim still suffer from this policy conducted 70 years ago. Michale Boganim follows the footsteps of her father, who came from Morocco and quickly became a leader of the local Israeli Black Panthers to stand against this discrimination. She embarks on a road trip through Israël's history to meet with three generation of Mizrahims.

Plot

Israeli society is marked by a taboo. That of the systematic discrimination against Jews from Arab countries on arriving in the Promised Land, a wound that has not healed to this day. In the 1970's, a movement inspired by the American Black Panthers emerged in the poor Musrara neighbourhood of Jerusalem, demanding basic rights for the so-called Mizrahim, Jews from North Africa and the Middle East. As she mourns her father, a member of this movement, Michale Boganim, a French-Israeli filmmaker, confronts her personal questions with History, setting off with her daughter to explore the past and meet several generations of Mizrahim. The film is a road movie in the forgotten lands of Israel's periphery and questions the notions of exile and inheritance.

Written by

Michale Boganim

Directed by

Michale Boganim

Cast

Reuven Abergel, Erez Biton, Maayane Elfassy Boganim

Crew

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Production Countries

France, Israel

Production Companies

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, Reservoir Docs, Lama Films, Bonne Nouvelle Productions, Le Studio Orlando, CNC

Languages

Français

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
49
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA