The Forgotten Ones
MovieTitle | Mizrahim, Les Oubliés de la Terre Promise |
User score | 6.5 |
Release date | Jun 8, 2022 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Michale Boganim |
Production country | France, Israel |
Production companies | Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, Reservoir Docs, Lama Films, Bonne Nouvelle Productions, Studio Orlando, CNC |
Run time | 93 min. |
In the 1950's, Jews coming from North Africa and the Middle East settled in the newly constituted State of Israël. The Mizrahim, as their are called, were denied their right to a better life and forced to move to development towns in the Negev Desert. Today, the new generations of Mizrahim still suffer from this policy conducted 70 years ago. Michale Boganim follows the footsteps of her father, who came from Morocco and quickly became a leader of the local Israeli Black Panthers to stand against this discrimination. She embarks on a road trip through Israël's history to meet with three generation of Mizrahims.