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Between the Stone and the Flower

  • Majestic Bay Theaters 2044 Northwest Market Street Seattle, WA, 98107 United States (map)

Between the Stone and the Flower (USA, 69 mins. 2023)

Director: Roberto Otero Morfa.
Cast: Genie Milgrom.
Language: English, Portuguese, and Spanish with English subtitles.
Genres: Historical, Inquisition.

Synopsis: This documentary covers the journey of Genie Milgrom and her decades long quest for her Jewish lineage. Genie was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Miami with a full Roman Catholic schooling from grade school through university level. She was always burdened with a deep-rooted feeling of not belonging in her Spanish Catholic environment.
Her story follows many twists and turns as she makes the difficult decision to convert to Judaism from the midst of a traditional Catholic family from Spain and chooses a traditional route for her future.
Her family and friends are shaken to the core while Genie becomes more and more convinced that her family was Jewish in the Iberian Peninsula, centuries before. Her chase for the “breadcrumbs” that were dropped by her ancestors led her to Medieval Archives and several countries in Europe to untangle the web of secrecy that her ancestors had created to protect themselves during very dark times in Europe.
Together with her husband Michael, an Ashkenaz of Romanian origins, she finally reaches the truth of her family in an engaging film, spanning the globe that is not to be missed.

Sinopsis: Este documental cubre el viaje de Genie Milgrom y su búsqueda de décadas de su linaje judío. Genie nació en La Habana, Cuba, y se crió en Miami con una educación católica romana completa desde la escuela primaria hasta la universidad. Siempre estuvo cargada con un profundo sentimiento de no pertenecer a su entorno español católico.
Su historia sigue muchos giros y vueltas a medida que toma la difícil decisión de convertirse al judaísmo en medio de una familia tradicional católica de España y elige un camino tradicional para su futuro.
Su familia y amigos se ven sacudidos hasta la médula, mientras Genie se convence cada vez más de que su familia era judía en la Península Ibérica, siglos antes. Su búsqueda de las "migas de pan" que dejaron sus antepasados la llevó a los Archivos Medievales y a varios países de Europa para desenredar la telaraña de secreto que sus antepasados habían creado para protegerse durante tiempos muy oscuros en Europa.
Junto con su esposo Michael, un Ashkenazi de origen rumano, finalmente llega a la verdad de su familia en una película cautivadora, que abarca el mundo y no se puede perder.

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