Page 9 - Mort Skirboll Jewish Film Festival 2021 BROCHURE

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MARCH MARCH
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FILM AVAILABLE FILM AVAILABLE
MARCH 21, 8AM, MARCH 22, 8AM,
FILM FOR 48 HOURS FOR 48 HOURS

88 minutes
Turkish, Spanish, Greek, 70 minutes
Ladino with English subtitles Hebrew with English subtitles

THE FINAL HOUR FOUR MOTHERS

When a language dies, does the culture which used it perish as well? Israel is a war-ridden country that has claimed tens of thousands
Why didn’t her Turkish grandparents teach her and her parents of victims. Over the years the public has leaned on the ethos of
Ladino? These questions propel a young Jewish woman on a voyage sacrifice. Generations of mothers send their sons to war without
in an attempt to unearth her culture, language, and roots. She asking questions. They play their assigned roles. This film tells the
embarks on an emotional roller coaster as she meets communities of story about the first time a female civil movement challenged
Sephardic Jews in Salonika and Kastoria in Greece and discovers her that prevailing ethos in Israeli history when mothers to soldiers
ancient past in Portugal and Spain. The film depicts the centuries- protested against the ongoing war in Lebanon. Its a film about a
long journey of Sephardic culture and the Ladino language, asking groundbreaking female protest in a struggle for peace. A feminist
all the while: Will it survive another generation? movement that inspired masses and was able to end war.

For tickets, visit JFEDSRQ.org/JFF