Kiddush with Cachaça: Jewish Roots and Revival in the Backlands of Brazil
- 2004
- 34m
A documentary film about the controversial emergence of self-professed Marranos in Northeastern Brazil. "Marrano" was an Inquisition-era slur for Jews who were forced to convert to Catholici... Read allA documentary film about the controversial emergence of self-professed Marranos in Northeastern Brazil. "Marrano" was an Inquisition-era slur for Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism. Today in Brazil a growing movement is seeking to reclaim and redeem the Marrano identi... Read allA documentary film about the controversial emergence of self-professed Marranos in Northeastern Brazil. "Marrano" was an Inquisition-era slur for Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism. Today in Brazil a growing movement is seeking to reclaim and redeem the Marrano identity, and return from the church to the synagogue. Kiddush with Cachaca follows their diffic... Read all