Eleh shemotai = These are my names / a documentary film by Ruth Mason and Naomi Miller Altaraz ; produced and directed by Ruth Mason ; research and writing, Ruth Mason.
אלה שמותיי a documentary film by Ruth Mason and Naomi Miller Altaraz.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Mason, Ruth, screenwriter, director, producer.

Altaraz, Naomi Miller, cinematographer, editor.

Lizenta Women's Choir, performer.

Ruth Diskin Films (Firm), producer.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

Amharic

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Cultural assimilation.

Names, Personal.

Israel.

Ethiopia.

Jews, Ethiopian--Israel--Identity.

Jews, Ethiopian.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Names, Personal--Israel.

Names, Personal--Ethiopia.

Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--Israel.

Immigrants.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

These are my names

Place of Publication:

[Jerusalem] : Ruth Diskin Films, Ltd., 2010.

Language Note:

In Hebrew with some Amharic; subtitles in English.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, Region 1.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

In a series of interviews with young Israelis of Ethiopian origin, we learn how the wide variety of original Amharic names, nicknames, family names, and patronymics (as well as their arbritrarily assigned names in Hebrew) are the jumping-off point for thoughtful discussions on assimilation and the immigrant experience in Israel.

Credits:

Cinematographer, editor, Naomi Miller Altaraz; music, Lizanta Women's Choir.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the short documentary motion picture produced in 2010.

Aspect ratio 4:3.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

OCLC:

719368439