Awake Zion (2013)

The documentary film explores the mysterious connection between Reggae and Judaism through one woman's life and her search for identity. All the way back to the Jewish King Solomon and the African Queen of Sheba, Jewish and Ethiopian cultures have had a mutual influence on one another, so it is no wonder that Jewish themes came to be reflected in the Rastafarian lifestyle and then, inevitably, in reggae. It is interesting to know that the first Reggae song to be played on the radio had an unambiguous name Israelites.« Awake Zion is a journey through the thorns of stereotypes, a film that explores what it means to be Jewish, Rasta, white or black – and what it means to be at home.