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JGSGB Leeds RG – Sun May 29th 2020 2pm – “Mamaliga Blues - a Brazilian man's J-Family search in Moldova” by Cassio Tolpolar

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a Leeds Regional Group Meeting by Zoom.

  • Date: Sunday May 29th 2022
  • Time 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 15:00 Switzerland
  • Title: “Mamaliga Blues - a Brazilian man's J-Family search in Moldova”
  • Speaker: Cassio Tolpolar
  • Description: This is an award winning & interesting film "Mamaliga Blues" & the director Cassio Tolpolar is from Brazil; he travelled with his family to find his Jewish roots in Moldova. The film is in English and English subtitles.(Yiddish/Portuguese)

Following the showing will be Q&A after the talk.

About Cassio Tolpolar
 

 
Cassio Tolpolar was born in the south of Brazil. Cassio’s debut as a director and writer, the short Venus, was screened in a number of film festivals around the world and won several awards, including Best Director and Best Cinematography. It led him to direct for television and, ultimately, to move to the US and complete the MFA in Film at the San Francisco Art Institute. Upon his arrival in the US, he worked on a number of TV shows and documentaries. After 11 years in Los Angeles, Cassio returned to Brazil to promote his documentary, Mamaliga Blues, which was screened in Brazil, the US and Europe. In Brazil, Cassio worked for Sony Entertainment, finished a documentary about the first Jewish colony in Brazil, A trip to Philippson and a short about the life of a Dutch foreigner in Brazil, buitenlanders/foreigners. Currently he is preparing a short documentary about the Culture Club, a Jewish center for culture established in the 1950s in Brazil.

The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself!

If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts.

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Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: JGSGB Leeds RG: "Mamaliga Blues film and talk - a Brazilian man's J-Family search in Moldova" by Cassio Tolpolar
When: May 29, 2022 02:00 PM London

 

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscO6vqzwsGNDMEt9RNc3N3afOin9sDZBs


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Leigh Dworkin
Chairman, JGSGB

 

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