THE GHRIBA IN DJERBA (version 2017)

A film by Manoël Pénicaud for the touring exhibition SHARED SACRED SITES (LIEUX SAINTS PARTAGÉS) at:

the MUSEUM OF MEDITERRANEAN AND EUROPEAN CIVILISATIONS (Mucem) in Marseille from April 29 to August 31, 2015: http://www.mucem.org/programme/exposi...

the NATIONAL BARDO MUSEUM in Tunis from November 19, 2016 to February 12, 2017

the MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MMCA) in Thessaloniki, from September 23 to January 15, 2018

the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION HISTORY in Paris from October 24, 2017 to January 21, 2018: http://www.histoire-immigration.fr/ag...

the JAMES GALLERY (The Graduate Center, CUNY) in NEW YORK, from March 27 to March 30, 2018: https://www.centerforthehumanities.or...

Direction: Manoël Pénicaud
Translation: Karen Barkey
Editing: Francesca Berselli
Duration: 5 mn 50
Djerba, Tunisia, 2015
Production: Mucem - IDEMEC - LABEXMED

Every year, an important Jewish pilgrimage takes place in a synagogue on the island of Djerba. This sanctuary was built where, according to tradition, the “Ghriba” would have lived: a young holy woman, strange and mysterious.
After being the target of an attack attributed to Al Qaeda in 2002, access to the synagogue has been very secured during the pilgrimage. The procession that concludes the holy day is strictly protected by the security forces.