Baba Luba

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Baba Luba
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Directed byJulie Shles
Written byJulie Shles
StarringDanny Bassan
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageEnglish

Baba Luba is an Israeli documentary that follows musician Danny Bassan on his journey to Brazil to find his long-lost father. [1] It won the Best Documentary category at the Israeli Film Academy Awards. [2]

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  1. "Baba Luba". The Jewish Channel. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  2. ""Lovesick" Sweeps Israeli Film Academy Awards". Panim: Faces of Art and Culture in Israel. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. January–February 1996. Retrieved 2008-11-27.