The Last Jews of Libya

Sun 13 Apr. Brandeis University, Lown 2, MS053, Waltham, 02454. Sharon P. Rivo, Executive Director, 781-899-7044, rivo@brandeis.edu. National Center for Jewish Film - [events]

SAT | APRIL 13 | 2:00 PM USA | 2007 | 50 min Director: Vivienne Roumani-Denn New England Premiere Special Guests: Director Vivienne Roumani-Denn & Film Subject & Maurice Roumani (Brandeis ‘64) This audience favorite explores the final decades of a centuries-old North African Sephardic Jewish community through the lives of the remarkable Roumani family, residents of Benghazi, Libya, for hundreds of years. Photographs and diaries trace the family’s life under Turkish Ottoman rule through the age of Mussolini and Hitler to the final dispersal of Libya's Jews in the face of Arab nationalism. At the end of WWII, 36,000 Jews lived in Libya, today none remain. Narrated by Isabella Rossellini. Four Sold Out Screenings at Tribeca Film Festival Sundance Channel