The Trajectory of the Jews in Portugal
First documentary produced by Luize Valente and photographer Elaine Eiger, in 2002, which won the Best Documentary Direction Award at the New York Independent Film Festival in 2003.
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SYNOPSIS
Lopes , Nunes, Azevedo, Silva , Pinto, Oliveira... are all surnames of converted Jews, families of the new Christians who helped to form Brazil.But where does this story begin?
This documentary is a journey through time and space in search of answers. A trip spanning Portugal looking for traces of the Jews who once lived there, and who, over almost three centuries of Inquisition, were forced to convert or were killed. It´s a rediscovery of the Jewish-Portuguese roots that can be considered to have been fundamental to the ethnic formation of the Brazilian people.
This documentary is a journey through time and space in search of answers. A trip spanning Portugal looking for traces of the Jews who once lived there, and who, over almost three centuries of Inquisition, were forced to convert or were killed. It´s a rediscovery of the Jewish-Portuguese roots that can be considered to have been fundamental to the ethnic formation of the Brazilian people.
TECNICAL INFO
Research, script, production, photography, direction, edition:
Duration: 56 minutes
Producer: Fototema
Producer: Fototema
Research, script, production, photography, direction, edition:
Luize Valente and Elaine Eiger
Research consultory and special participation:
Anita Novinsky, Historian / USP
Carmen Balesteros, Archaeologist
Soundtrack:
Groups Longa Florata and Música Antiga da UFF
