Film screening for unique documentary on Judeo-Brazilian syncretism. Saravá Shalom (Synagogue of Ancestral Commitments) is a poetic documentary about dialogue between Afro-Brazilian, Indigenous and Jewish mystical traditions.

Filmmaker Alex Minkin will speak with professor Andrea Kogan.

Alex Minkin is a visual anthropologist and cultural activist, focusing his research on the intersections between Jewish and Brazilian cultures. Alex studied at the Archives Project of the Jewish Theological Seminary in Moscow and graduated from the James Striar School of General Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University.

This event, at Bunche Hall at UCLA, is cosponsored by Der Nister

Watch the trailer here.