 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Sam Pollard Joins TeamSam Pollard, NYU professor and accomplished editor and director, joins the production as Executive Producer.New World PassoverIn May 2004, we attended and filmed the community's New World Passover celebration, which marks their passage 37 years ago from captivity in America to freedom in Israel.Army ServiceWhile we were filming New World Passover, about 70 of the Community's children born in Israel were given draft notices by the Israeli military.Path to CitizenshipIn July 2003, the Israeli government began handing out permanent residency cards to the several thousand members of the Black Hebrew community after they had spent 30 years without legal status.Whitney Houston VisitsIn June 2003, pop star Whitney Houston and her husband, Bobby Brown, arrived in the community for spiritual guidance and said of Israel, "it's home."
|