Mori- Shabazi’s Riddle

  • Israel
  • Documentary
  • 2019
  • 51 min.
  • Director(s): Israela Sha'ar Meoded
  • Producer(s): Yair Qedar

Synopsis

Only four biographical details are known about Rabbi Shalom Shabazi. We do not have any drawings describing his features. However, it seems that 400 years after his birth, Shabazy is still an extremely popular poet that keeps living in an entire community’s collective soul. Who was Shabazy? A poet that committed filicide? Maybe a wedding singer looking for alms? Perhaps a fundamentalist Kabbalah scholar?

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Credits

Director(s)

Israela Sha'ar Meoded

Producer(s)

Yair Qedar

Script

Israela Sha'ar Meoded

Cinematography

Daniel Keden

Editor

Oron Adar

Original Language

Hebrew

Subtitles

English

Produced with the help of

KAN, New fund for film and TV, Israel film service, Avi Chai, Gesher

Broadcaster

KAN

Sound Designer

Gil Toren

Photo Credit

Courtesy of the hebrew

Festival Highlights

Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2018