Director: Micah Smith | Israel | 2023 | Docu-Drama | English / Hebrew / Amharic / English subtitles| 91 min
VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema
Screening: Sunday, 19 November, 5:20pm
Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80
SYNOPSIS:
This docu-narrative film tells the story of Asher Naim, an Israeli diplomat caught between worlds and facing a crisis of faith in himself and in his country. Asher, himself a North-African Jew, is sent to Ethiopia to negotiate the escape of 15,000 Ethiopian Jews from a country collapsing under famine and civil war. The film explores challenging questions of racism, white saviorism, cultural identity, and the hardships and politicsA ofA immigration.