A celebration of the all-singing, all-dancing history of the world’s largest film industry, Shalom Bollywood reveals the unlikely story of the Baghdadi and Bene Israel Jews, especially Jewish women, who became stars and movie moguls in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.
Danny Ben-Moshe — Director & Producer
Danny Ben-Moshe is one of Australia’s leading documentary filmmakers. Danny won Australia’s top documentary prize, the Walkley Award (2014), for his film CODE OF SILENCE, which lifted the lid on sex abuse on the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. Danny has made many Jewish themed documentaries for Australian broadcasters’ ABC and SBS. Danny brings a quirky perspective to his storytelling, seen in his first film in 2006, THE BUCHENWALD BALL, where Holocaust survivors dance to commemorate their liberation. He is currently in post-production on The OUTBACK RABBI, a road trip following rabbis who head into the Australian outback to find Jews where you would least expect them. Danny has also made highly acclaimed films beyond Australia. His 2011 feature length documentary CARNABY STREET UNDRESSED, which featured rock legends such as Roger Daltry from The Who, was pick of the week in Britain’s ‘Sunday Times’ and received a four-star review in London’s ‘Time Out’. Danny’s latest film for BBC Storyville (November 2017), MY MOTHER’S LOST CHILDREN, is an epic family saga told across five continents and six decades. Danny is currently making a Virtual Reality film series of Holocaust survivors, which has included filming in Auschwitz and Buchenwald Death and Concentration camps. Born in Britain, Danny is a graduate in Law and Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. For several years Danny was a professor researching a range of Jewish and cross-cultural issues. He has worked at universities in Australia, America and Israel. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and two children.