Exclusive Screening - Nafkot, Yearning

Cannes Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature Winner
 

Nafkot - Yearning

The Hidden Jews of Ethiopia Exclusive London Premiere

A unique story of a struggle for identity and survival
 

Wednesday 31st August 8pm at Finchley United Synagogue, Kinloss Gardens, N3 3DU
 

Exclusive Screening and discussion with Dr Malka Shabtay (Producer/Writer)
 

Dr. Malka Shabtay, an Israeli anthropologist and activist who is engaged with diverse Jewish communities, travels to Ethiopia to visit the community with which she is closely engaged. This time she arrives to film following the Community's request to document and share its unique story of struggling for its identity and survival. Abera Teshome, a young artist asks her to join her journey so he may complete the missing pieces of his Jewish identity formation. They are traveling to visit the first hidden synagogue and participate in the reenactment of the Red Cow sacred ceremony. When he returns home, his mother gives him her blessings, and he takes on the role of a new leader.

Kinloss Members £5, Non-Members £10