DUST
Original language title: [same]

Country of production: Ukraine / UK
Year: 2001
Language: Yiddish / Russian
29 mins.

DUST is a beautiful portrait of three women who are among the last remaining Jews in Odessa, once a flourishing center of Yiddish culture. The story of their lives is in many ways the story of the city, which his now a faded relic of its former self. Esther is eccentric and funny, yet tragic. She has led a rich life, full of fascinating experiences as well as the torments of war, anti-Semitism, and Communism. Her dilapidated room, in one of the poorest quarters of Odessa, is characteristic of the ruined state of her life and the life of Jews in the city. She sings her traditional Yiddish songs, she dances, she plays the piano - all this transforms her home into a salon where Esther's old friends Tanya and Valery come to life once more.

Director: Michale Boganim
Script: Michale Boganim
Cinematography: Jakob Ihre
Music: Odessa Music
Editing: Valerio Bonelli
Sound: Barnaby Templer
Producer: Sarafilms
Production Company: National Film and Television School, UK
Source:
Sara Films
Michale Boganim
40 rue Cauchy
94110 Arcueil, France
michale_b@hotmail.com

Michale Boganim was born in Israel and raised in Paris. She studied Political Science at the Sorbonne, then sociology, philosophy, and history in Israel. In Paris, she worked with several production companies as an assistant director and producer for both documentary and fiction. In 1999, Ms. Boganim enrolled at the National Film and Television School in the UK.

Saturday, March 29
5pm
Biograph Theatre
Screening with EVERYTHING SOLID and SINGLADURAS