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Someone You Should Meet

Someone You Should Meet

From fractured roots to a family reunion: Jewish identity across five generations.

30 min

Someone You Should Meet focuses on an extended family gathering organized by two filmmakers who only recently learned they were related through their great-grandparents. As the family explores their shared history and evolving Jewish identity over five generations, old wounds surface, and a sense of belonging is discovered.

Directed by Salome Chasnoff

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