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2002

ADIO KERIDA

Ruth Behar

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82 minutes

Cuba

2002

Part of Cinema of Belonging

Followed by Q&A with director Ruth Behar

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 10:15:00 PM UTC

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Preceded by: Nana y Abuelo
Gabriel Frye-Behar | USA | Documentary | 12 minutes

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

  • Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Havana

  • Miami Film Festival

  • East Lansing Film Festival - Documentary Award

GOODBYE DEAR LOVE

“Adio Kerida/Goodbye Dear Love,” a Sephardic song about a disheartened lover who bitterly says goodbye to his beloved, inspires this poetic documentary by Cuban- born Ruth Behar. She left Cuba as a child and cannot remember her past on the island. She searches for memory among her fellow Sephardic Jews in Cuba, Miami, New York, and Philadelphia. Meshing personal reflections, intimate interviews with strangers and relatives, and music both from Cuban and Sephardic traditions, “Adio Kerida” offers a bittersweet, lyrical, and often humorous Jewish-Cuban vision of what it means to come from the island of Cuba.

ADIO KERIDA

“Adio Kerida/Goodbye Dear Love”, una canción sefardí sobre un amante desconsolado que se despide amargamente de su amada, inspira este poético documental de la cineasta nacida en Cuba Ruth Behar. Ella salió de Cuba siendo una niña y no conserva recuerdos de su pasado en la isla. En busca de esa memoria, indaga entre sus pares judíos sefardíes en Cuba, Miami, Nueva York y Filadelfia. Mezclando reflexiones personales, entrevistas íntimas con desconocidos y familiares, y música proveniente tanto de la tradición cubana como de la sefardí, «Adio Kerida» ofrece una visión judeocubana agridulce, lírica y, a menudo, humorística sobre lo que significa provenir de la isla de Cuba.

About the Director

Ruth Behar

Ruth Behar

Ruth Behar was born in Havana, Cuba, and is an acclaimed anthropologist, award-winning author, and a documentary filmmaker. She lives in Ann Arbor, where she is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan. Ruth Behar nació en La Habana, Cuba, y es una aclamada antropóloga, autora galardonada y documentalista. Vive en Ann Arbor, donde es Profesora Universitaria Distinguida en la Universidad de Michigan.
Ruth Behar

Ruth Behar

Ruth Behar

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