Casa Pedro
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- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Good condition. 2 rolls of sync and 1 cutaway roll; French; 16 mm; 34 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-10
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Good condition. 2 rolls of sync and 1 cutaway roll; French; 16 mm; 34 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-10
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- A group of 7 to 8 Moroccan Jewish men at Casa Pedro discuss the pros and cons of various aspects of their experiences in trying to integrate into Quebec society. Much joking. Some, more integrated than others, explain their firsthand accounts. They touch upon the taboo of intermarriage, the specific problems of being seen as Jews versus as Moroccans, the need to find a sense of belonging, comparisons with Ontario's Sephardic Jews who blended in with the English, and some unanswered questions about their place in Quebec, should it become independent. The sequence ends with their playing a video game and walking as a group down a street in the evening. Disappointing both in content and general comprehension, but one or two revealing details can be assumed from this collection of representative Moroccan men.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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