Gabriela Bohm
Gabriela Bohm is an award-winning director of heart-wrenching documentaries that explore cultural identity and stories of resilience, inspiring people of all faiths. Her film “The Longing” won several awards including a 2009 Telly Award for Religion/Spirituality. “Passages” won Best Documentary at the Woodstock Film Festival and other awards. A native of Argentina, she studied art in Israel, received a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and now is a US citizen.
Reel Jews: Filmmakers on the Cutting Edge
Gabriela Bohm,
Ethan Isenberg,
Pazit Varda Lichtman,
Salvador Litvak,
Sharon Rennert,
Suzannah Warlick,
Pamela Weisberger
Arts and Performance,
Global History and Culture
What motivates Jewish filmmakers to write, produce and direct documentaries and fictional films? How do they deal with the illusion of authenticity in filmmaking? How to they manipulate---or avoid manipulating--their audiences? Why are some drawn to document history, while others to fictional subjects? Do they exploit their own life experience for material? Listen, learn and ask your own questions of six of the filmmakers who are presenting their works at LimmudLA.
With Suzannah Warlick, Gabriela Bohm, Sharon Rennert, Ethan Isenberg, Sal Litvak and Pazit Lichtman, all of whom are showing films at LimmudLA, moderated by Pamela Weisberger
FILM: Passages
In this personal documentary, a filmmaker sets off on an odyssey through Eastern Europe, South America and the United States to uncover long-harbored family mysteries, myths and secrets. In the end, she derives strength from the connections between the lives of her parents and her own life -– a legacy she plans to tell to her child.
FILM: The Longing: The Forgotten Jews of South America
Arts and Performance
Gabriela Bohm explores a universal story of faith and conversion against all odds in “The Longing: The Forgotten Jews of South America,” which chronicles five people’s attempts to regain their birthright‚ their Jewish heritage. Bohm explores issues of Jewish identity and tolerance, focusing on marginalized Crypto Jews and existing Jewish communities who reject them. Using film clips, she’ll explore complexities of Jewish identity, helping attendees reach new perspectives.
