In Search of Ladino

In Search of Ladino follows Ladino speakers their culture their memories and hopes for their mother tongue This unique film is one of the earliest works presenting Ladinospeaking Holocaust survivors in Israel and it provides rare documentation of their testimonies and songs Filmmaker David Perlovs camera glances on the faces of the people as he listens carefully to their stories and songs The film was meant to be part of a trilogy about languages Hebrew Yiddish and Ladino but Perlov only managed to make the first film