05/28/2019
For Release: Starting May 1st, 2019
Event date: June 5th, 2019
Contact: Tamara Berkman Director of Communications and Engagement, BMH BJ
Phone: 303.951.8237
CHILDREN of the INQUISITION
Film debut comes to Denver
Children of the Inquisition, a new documentary feature-film premiering in Denver June 5 will reveal the ancient, deeply connected roots that Jewish, Latino, Caribbean and Middle Eastern people have shared, sometimes unknowingly, other times secretly, for over 500 years. The expulsion of Iberian Jews from Spain and Portugal in the 15th through 17th centuries is one of the most underestimated events in human history. A rich culture that flourished in Sepharad for nearly a thousand years was forced to flee to lands unknown. As thousands traveled to the New World and beyond, with them went their customs and particular expression of Judaism—the Sephardim. Persecuted for their faith by the Spanish Inquisition, many converted or went underground, only to survive in secret.
Lovett Stories and Strategies, an award-winning film company in NYC, New York, has spent the last ten years exploring this meaningful subject, from the initial two years of research, through six years of shooting and two-plus years of post production. Via Inquisition records and historical accounts, plus animated maps, the full story emerges, told in part through riveting interviews with descendants of many backgrounds. Filmed on location from Madrid to Jamaica and numerous other locales, the narrative, with additional commentary by leading academics, challenges long held assumptions about history, identity and migration while revealing the commonalities that transcend race and religion.
Sponsored by the BMH-BJ Synagogue 560 South Monaco Parkway, Denver 80224
Wednesday Evening, June 5, 2019 6:30 p.m. Running time-1 hour, 55 minutes
Cost: $22.00 per person with pre-registration $25.00 per person at the door.
Meet & Greet: 6:00p.m. on the east patio Light refreshments
Producer Joe Lovett will be in attendance.
Please stay for the talkback from 8:30-9: 00 p.m. Questions welcome.
Tickets available online at https://www.bmh-bj.org/event/COI or call 303.888.4203
Joseph Lovett is an award-winning filmmaker, who after working at ABC News 20/20 as director/producer, founded Lovett Productions in 1989. In 2001, he won a Peabody Award and received an Emmy nomination for writing, producing and directing HBO's Cancer: Evolution to Revolution. His latest film, "Going Blind," and its outreach campaign, has ignited awareness to improve access to vision enhancement services. He has been honored with numerous awards from advocacy organizations, such as the AIDS Leadership Award, the Christopher Award, and the Kitty Carlisle Hart Award.
With thanks to the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies, the Mizel Museum and the Museo de Las Americas
In partnership with Museo de Las Americas and the Mizel Museum, an exclusive showing of Children of the Inquisition will be held at BMH-BJ. Lovett Stories and Strategies, an award-winning film company in New York City has spent the last ten years exploring this meaningful subject. Children of the In...
