The Devil is in the Details: Exploring Diversity Through Film We were behind schedule, losing sunlight, shooting a scene in a language I didn’t speak and one of my actors refused to look the other actor in the eye for a simple reason that threw off the entire film I was directing. It was our twelfth day of production on “Exodus 1991,” a feature film that explores the political, social and racial issues raised by Operation Solomon, the airlift of 15,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in the midst of a brutal Ethiopian civil war. The movie is being produced in partnership with two non-profits, the Ethiopian National Project and OpenDor Media, both committed to the vision that Ethiopian Jews can maintain their distinctive culture while integrating into Israeli life.