Distinguished Anthropologist Ruth Behar (recipient of the McArthur Fellowship) returns to her native Cuba to profile the island’s remaining Sephardic Jews and chronicle her family’s journey to the U.S. as Cuban-Jewish exiles. Highlighting themes of expulsion and departure that are at the crux of the Sephardic legacy, Behar debunks myths about the country’s Jewish community and unravels the influence of interfaith marriage, Afro-Cuban santería, tourism and the embargo on contemporary Cuban-Sephardic cultural identity. The result is a bittersweet, lyrical, and often humorous portrait of modern-day Cuba that few know exists today. Narrated by Elizabeth Peña, in English and Spanish with subtitles. Directed by Ruth Behar.

Please join us for a special question and answer session with filmmaker Ruth Behar after the 7:00pm screening on Tuesday evening, March 24^th, sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, UNC Asheville.

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