(Jewish Group) Tiny Portuguese Jewish community makes a $1.2 million feature film about its history

[Behind the Aegis]

The tiny Jewish community of Porto, Portugal, made a feature film about its history that is likely the costliest production by any European Jewish community.

The 90-minute film, titled “Sefarad,” covers centuries of Jewish history in Portugal, alternating between the ages and following individual stories of real historical figures beginning in the 15th century to community leaders in modern times.

The film, which had a budget of more than $1.2 million, was released Friday on iTunes and is scheduled for a Dec. 15 release on Amazon Prime.

The opening scene features dozens of extras in medieval costumes and period drama filming techniques that are rarely seen in promotional videos of small Jewish communities.

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[Ghost Dog]

1. The history of Sephardic communities in the Iberian

peninsula goes back a thousand years before the fifteenth century of the modern era, of course.

So I hope there will be a sequel to this production.