An unknown country : the Jewish exiles of Ecuador / a film by Eva Zelig.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Zelig, Eva, director, screenwriter, narrator.

Taylor, Terence, producer.

Pozniak, Beata, 1960- producer.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Latin America--History.

Jews.

Jewish refugees--Ecuador--History--20th century.

Jewish refugees.

Jews--Persecutions.

Ecuador.

Latin America.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Privately Published, 2015.

Language Note:

English and Spanish, with English subtitles.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

An Unknown Country tells the story of European Jews who escaped Nazi persecution to find refuge in an unlikely destination: Ecuador, a South American country barely known at the time. The film follows the exiles' perilous escape and difficult adjustment as they remade their lives in what was for them an exotic, unfamiliar land.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed April 03, 2017).

OCLC:

986400113

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.