Scenes from the film
Self-Distribution

 

THE TRIBE
Lilly Rivlin
Producer/director/writer
38 minutes, 1983

"... if you study  the Rivlin family you understand the genealogical reckonings of Genesis."  - Matty Meged, Professor of Literature & Kabbalah 

2.500 Rivlin family members from around the world attend a reunion in Jerusalem where some family members have lived for 200 years since their arrival from Shklov in Eastern Europe. 

The Tribe documents the coming together of a family, explores its lineage and tribal memories, and asks if this family's destiny is synonymous with that of Jerusalem.

Making the film Screened in the San Francisco Film Festival, 1983

 

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