Saved by Language (2014) is a 53-minute documentary that explores the life story of Moris Albahari, a Sephardic Jew raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia, who used his maternal language, Ladino, to help him survive the Holocaust. Moris reunites with the remaining three speakers of Ladino in Sarajevo and interacts in a language that he associates with both joyous and painful memories. With Sephardic and Bosnian music and images of Sarajevo, the viewer is transported to the previous and current realities of Sephardic life in Bosnia.
Institutions may select to acquire the educational package of the film which allows for the film to be utilized in classrooms or for personal viewing. Other options universities may be interested in are scheduled screenings of the film, and/or post-screening discussion or topic lectures by one or both of the co-directors. We encourage co-sponsorship among centers given the interdisciplinary scope of the film (i.e. Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Near Eastern Studies, etc.). Aside from choosing between subtitles in English, Spanish, or Bosnian, you may also select subtitles in Ladino, thus allowing your audience to draw parallels between Ladino and Spanish. Our film is sure to spark dynamic conversation about the role of language in shaping one’s cultural heritage and their overall identity. Saved by Language contextualizes Ladino as both a Jewish language and a Romance language—a language that developed in unique ways during the diaspora of the Sephardim from the Iberian Peninsula. Such a topic is relevant today given Spain and Portugal’s recent modifications to their “Law of Return,” welcoming the Sephardim to return to the land of their ancestors, and thus creating greater interest in Sephardic culture and the Ladino language. Our film aims to enrich such conversations and debate. For further information and pricing, please contact Susanna Zaraysky at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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