Documentary, Tunesia, Israel. (trailer 4 minutes)

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Director: Alet Smits
Production: Ymagine / SHMP
Postproduction: Ewoud Hendriksen
Documentary: Israel / Tunis, 50 minutes.
Subject: History about co-existence moslims and Jews.

Two Israeli women of Tunisian descent dedicate their life to preserve a Tunisian tradition in Israel. It concerns the veneration of female saints by Jews and Muslims alike. After the mass migration of the North African Jews to Israel, the older of the two Tunisian women has build 4 synagogues in Israel for the veneration of a local Tunisian Jewish female saint. The younger of the women travels to Tunisia to find the places of veneration of several female saints. Premiere in Djerba Tunisia, 2007. Selected for Docs for Sale at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2007 and for Medimed 2008, Sitges, Spain. Screenings in City Hall The Hague, Government building Stockholm and Tel Aviv (2008)