Song of Ascent
Followed by a talkback with the film’s director Shlomo Weprin.
This Is My Mother
Shari & Lamb Chop
Preceded by a short film. Vitebsk Mostly Kosher 2024 5 minutes English Keith Ellis Mitchell A Music Video featuring marionettes of band members and villagers.
Centered: Joe Lieberman
The films producer, Rob Schwartz, will join us for a talkback after the film. Rob Schwartz is a visionary leader and the founder of Hidden Light Institute, a nonprofit film production studio focused on creating documentaries about historic Jewish and Israeli figures. He also produced UPHEAVAL: The Journey of Menachem Begin, the first English-language documentary on […]
Running On Sand
Preceded by a short film in Scottsdale and Peoria. Scottsdale (Sunday, Feb 16, 3 PM) Sauna Dreams 2024 18 minutes English Bryan Seversky A comedy about the World Sauna Championships. Peoria (Sunday, Feb 16, 3 PM) Kibitzer 2023 9 minutes German w/subtitles Yaar Harell […]
Rachel’s Game
Property
Followed by a talkback by Dr. Anna Chicopek-Gajraj. Anna Cichopek-Gajraj, a native of Kraków, Poland is affiliated with ASU’s Center for Jewish Studies and the Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Her research focuses on Polish-Jewish relations, antisemitism, and ethnic violence in Poland and in the Polish-Jewish diaspora after the Holocaust. She is […]
Pravednik
NOTE: The film will have one 15-minute intermission.
Polish Women
Pink Lady
Preceded by a short film. The Source of All Beauty 2023 19 minutes Hebrew w/subtitles Rachel Levy Yaeli, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish young woman, carries a terrible secret that may destroy all her chances of future happiness.
