Nana: Un Portrait Movie Review 1972

A portrait of 80-year-old Jewish widow Louise Zilkha, from the threat of persecution in her native Baghdad through her travels to Beirut, Cairo, and final settlement in New York where she continues her traditional roles of wife and mother. The film was made by several of Zilkha's grandchildren. In French with English subtitles.

Distribution

National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University, Lown Bldg. 102 MS 053, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, Phone: (781)899-7044, Fax: (781)736-2070, Email: ncjf@logos.cc.brandeis.edu, URL: http://www.jewishfilm.org

Available on VHS
Running time 23 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films, Biography, Judaism

Director

Jamil Simon