Saved by language / a film by Bryan Kirschen and Susanna Zaraysky.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Zaraysky, Susanna, film producer, film director.

Kirschen, Bryan, film producer, film director.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

Bosnian

English

Ladino

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Albahari, Moris, 1930-.

Albahari, Moris.

Ladino language--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Sarajevo.

Ladino language.

Sephardim--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Sarajevo.

Sephardim.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Sarajevo--Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Bosnia and Herzegovina--Sarajevo.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Personal narratives.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Production:

[United States] : SBL Productions, [2014]

Language Note:

English wiith optional subitles in Bosnian, English, Spanish, or Ladino.

System Details:

Disc characteristics: Recorded DVD, NTSC.

digital optical stereo

NTSC

video file DVD video all regions

Summary:

"Saved by language tells the story of Moris Albahari, a Sephardic Jew from Sarajevo born in 1930. Moris spoke his mother tongue, Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), to survive the Holocaust. Separdic and Bosnian music are weaved into Moris's story along the backdrop of multi-reliious and multilingual Sarajevo, his little Jerusalem. Explore Moris's story of survival and he preservation of his Sephardic heritage. Meet the remaining speakers of Ladino in Sarajevo today."--Container.

Credits:

Co-directors and co-producers, Bryan Kirschen and Susanna Zaraysky; cinematographer and editor, Željko Svetinović; consulting producer, Judy Chaikin; musical director, Montserrat Franco.

Notes:

Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture and released 2014.

Wide screen. Aspect ratio 16:9.

Local Notes:

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

OCLC:

903273041