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CANCELED: ‘400 Miles to Freedom’—Q&A with Filmmaker Avishai Mekonen
Thursday, April 2, 2020, 6 – 8 p.m.
400 Miles to Freedom documents Avishai Mekonen’s perilous journey from Ethiopia to Israel during “Operation Moses” in 1984 when the Israeli government secretly moved 8,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel under a veil of complete secrecy.
Mekonen is a filmmaker and photographer whose work includes the award-winning documentary Video Flour, which was screened widely at international film festivals and broadcast primetime on Israel’s premiere network.
