They Call Us Trujillo's Jews

LA Premiere!
Written & Directed by Michael Puro
Produced by Tova Rosenberg (of Names Not Numbers)

The Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival and Jewtina y Co.’s Latin-Jewish Film Festival are partnering on this memorable evening!

Q&A to follow with Holocaust historian Dr. Michael Berenbaum, and moderated by Mariposa (Kimberly) Dueñas, Director of Learning & Founding Member of Jewtina y Co.

When the world turned away, the Dominican Republic answered. They Called Us Trujillo’s Jews tells the extraordinary true story of the Sosúa settlement — the refugee colony created on land donated by Rafael Trujillo that saved hundreds of European Jews at a moment when few countries would accept them.

Through survivors’ testimony, archival documents, and intimate scenes of the town today, the film explores survival and gratitude alongside the moral ambiguities of power: why a dictator opened his doors, what life in Sosúa was really like, and the legacy that small acts of sanctuary can leave across generations.

A revelatory and deeply humane documentary, They Called Us Trujillo’s Jews recovers the story of Sosúa — a daring rescue that saved hundreds and left a complex legacy of survival, community, and memory.