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Quest for the Lost Tribes (2003)

Quest for the Lost Tribes poster
Original title
Quest For The Lost Tribes
Directed by
Simcha Jacobovici
Genre
documentary
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a filmmaker traveling to Africa and Asia to examine claims that certain groups are the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. It visits different locations and looks at the evidence for these theories.

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What happens

Quest for the Lost Tribes is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Simcha Jacobovici and released in 1998. The film documents their travels to various places in Africa and Asia, to investigate various claims that local populations are the purported Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The film premiered at the John Bassett Theatre in Toronto on November 22, 1998. It received various theatrical screenings through 1999, before being broadcast by CBC Television in Canada and A&E in the United States in 2000. The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 20th Genie Awards in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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