Savannah Jewish Cultural Arts Festival

Levys of Monticello

*Screening followed by talk with filmmaker, Steve Pressman

Tickets just $12, either live or virtually

Movie Description: When Thomas Jefferson died in 1826, he left behind a mountain of personal debt, which forced his heirs to sell his beloved Monticello home and all of its possessions. The Levys of Monticello is a documentary film that tells the little-known story of the Levy family, which owned and carefully preserved Monticello for nearly a century – far longer than Jefferson or his descendants. The remarkable story of the Levy family also intersects with the rise of antisemitism that runs throughout the course of American history.

Uriah Levy, the one who purchased Monticello from the Jeffersons in 1836, is the great-grandson of Dr Nunez, one of the original Jewish settlers in Georgia who helped found Congregation Mickve Israel.

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