A vanished world preserved on film—Morocco's Jewish diaspora tells its own story before it disappears.
Beginning with a history of two thousand years of Jewish life in Morocco, the movie incorporates extensive archival footage, as well as interviews with: artists, scholars, journalists, merchants, workers, and artisans in Morocco, Israel, France, and Canada.
Direction
Rosow's patient interviewing lets elders speak unhurried.
Editing
Archival footage woven seamlessly with contemporary testimony.
Sound
Paul Frees' narration—unexpectedly warm, never patronizing.
Director
Eugene Rosow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Frees, the narrator, was better known as Boris Badenov and the Pillsbury Doughboy—a wildly unexpected voice for such solemn material.
Shot during a narrow window: Moroccan Jewish communities were already vanishing, making this essentially a rescue documentary of a civilization in real-time collapse.
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