- Remembering Marrakech – An Original documentary project by students from Sapir College in Israel and from University Mohammed VI in Morocco. Lecturer: Prof. Sami Shalom Chetrit.
- Az’i Ayima – Come Mother – Sami Shalom Chetrit created a film about the life of his mother, Yekut, from her adolescence in Morocco to the newcomers’ city of Ashdod, Israel. A journey between generations and cultures and an exploration of the relationship between Yekut and son, between her poetry and his. The trigger and axis of the film is Yekut’s graduation picture from her school in the Moroccan desert, 70 years ago. She embarks on a journey to find her classmates who live today in different corners of Israel and tell their stories and memoires. For the first time, in Hebrew mixed with Moroccan, their stories are intertwined together and are consolidated to a moving new story. Memories of childhood and adolescence in Morocco and the move to Israel, with crises and happy moments, are told from a feminine voice and perspective. After the film, join a discussion with the director, Prof. Sami Shalom Chetrit.
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Prof. Sami Shalom Chetrit: Remembering Marrakech, Az’i Ayima
27.3 // 16:30 // Past Event
Sukkah in the courtyard of Salat Al Azama Synagogue, Marrakesh, Morocco, 1992. Photo: Than Wyenn. The Oster Visual Documentation Center, ANU – Museum of the Jewish People, Than Wyenn collection
