Levantine, Jacqueline Kahanoff

She lived in Cairo, Paris, and New York, but died in an old-age home in Givatayim, Israel. She was charismatic and admired, but only a few people actually knew her well during her life. She was the first to write of Levantine and Mizrachi identities, Director Rafael Balulu goes on a journey in the footsteps of “Levantine thinker” and author, and through encounters with her friends in Paris, with intellectuals in the Mizrachi discourse, and with Levantine artists, he not only draws a portrait of this impressive thinker and writer, but also chronicles the trajectory of Levantine identity in Israel as a cultural option.

• Release date
• May 30, 2019
• Runtime
• 49 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Rafael Balulu

Cast

J

Jacqueline Kahanoff Self (archive footage)

B

Benny Ziffer Self

N

Nissim Calderon Self

D

David Ohana Self

E

Eyal Sagui Bezawe Self

L

Laura d'Amade Self

S

Sara Rifin Self