Left Lane Straight

USA 2026 | Director: Caroline Kaye | English, Greek & Ladino with English subtitles | 81 minutes

Documentary

Filmed over 30 years, this intimate and compelling documentary begins with a teenager’s search through her Sephardic Greek-Jewish family’s fragmented identity and turbulent history – from Holocaust survival to immigration – and morphs over time into an adult’s examination of the intersection of family, history, and identity. Filmmaker Caroline Kaye skillfully weaves together personal testimonies, family lore, recovered footage – and stunning embroidered artwork created by Caroline herself – alongside historical context spanning multiple exiles and migrations—from Medieval Spain to the Ottoman Empire to 1970s New York. Artistically creative and deeply personal, Left Lane Straight traces the story of Sephardic Jews from Thessaloniki, Greece – nearly erased during the Holocaust – and centers on Caroline’s “nona” (grandmother in Ladino), whose wartime escape through occupied Greece reshaped her life and family forever.

A small collection of Caroline Kaye’s EMBROIDERED ARTWORK will be on display.