The Tree of Life (film, 2008)

Hava Vottera wrote and directed a documentary titled, The Tree of Life, about her journey to discover his family tree.Her search yields great results as she could trace back her family on both of her parents’ side to several centuries. The documentary shows how history touched her family. Forward has a detailed review of the movie.

One of her forefathers was the Ramhal, Rabbi Moshe Haim Luzzatto, a well-known 18th century Kabbalist. His most known work probably is Way of G-d: Derech Hashem.