Mamaliga Blues
Sun, Jan 23
|MNJGS event on Zoom
MNJGS presents a discussion with filmmaker Cassio Tolpolar on his film, Mamaliga Blues, about a family’s return to its roots in Moldova and the search for relatives who disappeared during the Holocaust.
Time & Location
Jan 23, 2022, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CST
MNJGS event on Zoom
About The Event
The Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society is pleased to present Exploring Ancestral Towns: A Discussion of the film Mamaliga Blues, about returning to one’s ancestral town. On January 23 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Central Time, we will host Cassio Tolpolar, producer of a film on the exploration of his family history in Moldova. The film, Mamaliga Blues, available for viewing prior to the talk, involves the search for a tombstone in an old family photo as they encounter the impact of the Holocaust on their family. The film is approximately one hour, and you can view it prior to the discussion on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/76558085.
In 1931, Abram Tolpolar and his wife Rachel emigrated from Moldova to southern Brazil. Seventy-seven years later, their only child, Mauro Tolpolar, makes the trip back to his parents' birthplace and also finds clues to an unrevealed past. Having as a starting point only…