The Jewish Experience, from Basavilbaso to New Amsterdam

The Jewish Experience, from Basavilbaso to New Amsterdam

2019 · 84 min · Documentary

Director Miguel Kohan tries to connect the memories of his Gaucho-Jewish family with the fleeing of the Sephardim from the Iberian Península in 1492. Surinam, New York, Jamaica, and Brazil are some of the places where the untold story of those who escaped inquisition is visibilized.

Directed by Miguel Kohan · Written by Miguel Kohan

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