This is a repeating eventmarch 23, 2023 9:00 am
The Levys of Monticello - Film presented on Sarasota Jewish Film Festival
Event Details
S.F. filmmaker tells the story of the Jewish family who saved Jefferson’s estate. Today, Monticello — Thomas Jefferson’s plantation in the hills overlooking Charlottesville, Virginia — is a UNESCO World
Event Details
S.F. filmmaker tells the story of the Jewish family who saved Jefferson’s estate.
Today, Monticello — Thomas Jefferson’s plantation in the hills overlooking Charlottesville, Virginia — is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a popular tourist attraction. But the fate of the property was very much in doubt following Jefferson’s death in 1826. It lay in disrepair for eight years until a Jewish Navy lieutenant came along, bought the place, and began restoring it as a way of honoring Jefferson’s legacy.
Uriah Phillips Levy and his nephew, Jefferson Monroe Levy, owned Monticello for 89 years, longer than Jefferson himself. Their story is the subject of independent filmmaker Steven Pressman’s new documentary, “The Levys of Monticello.”
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Time
(Monday) 7:00 pm
Location
Temple Imanu, 151 Mcintosh Rd., Sarasota
151 Mcintosh Rd.
Organizer
Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
Cost
Virtual Pass – All 14 Films $180.00, This event- $15
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