2023-2024 Mort Skirboll Jewish Film Festival: Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

The 15th Annual Mort Skirboll Jewish Film Festival is a highlight of our Cultural Arts Program season, celebrating Jewish culture through film! Join us for three stand-alone films each month, leading up to our 5-day film festival in March, where we will welcome you to The Ora, Sarasota’s premier event venue.

Watch Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara
The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.