“American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs” opens across the country
American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs narrated by Amy Madigan (the anti-Trumpism film of 2018 for all political activists) screens: Please help spread the word.
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Documentaries, romantic comedies, and beyond at the Savannah Jewish Film Festival
The Savannah Jewish Film Festival is back with nine films to share with the community.
For more than a decade, the celebration of fresh voices and narratives in the Jewish community has brought one-of-a-kind, acclaimed...
Sundance film festival debuts dark tale of Jewish triplets split at birth
PARK CITY, Utah (AFP) — If it were a conspiracy thriller it would be dismissed as far-fetched, but Tim Wardell’s astonishing story of Jewish triplets separated at birth and reunited by pure chance is...
The 27th New York Jewish Film Festival
This year’s 27th New York Jewish Film Festival has a well-put-together mix of new documentaries, film narratives, short films, and works by new filmmakers. It is a return to a world-class festival after a...
Holocaust film ‘The Testament’ breaks poignant new ground in a flooded genre
NEW YORK — A title card before the start of “The Testament” states that it is “inspired by events that took place in the last days of WWII in Austria.”
As the film opens in...
West Valley Jewish Film Festival features diverse lineup
The West Valley Jewish Film Festival celebrates its 13th year by featuring three films that vary as much in tone as topic.
The festival runs from Jan. 27-29 at Beth Emeth Congregation, with one film...
Behind The Scenes of ‘Soon By You,’ The Orthodox Jewish ‘Friends’
Blind dates that crash and burn before your entrée even arrives. The cringe-inducing realization that your online date knows you’ve taken a profile embellishment too far. Getting absolutely plastered at your last single friend’s...
2018 Atlanta Jewish Festival: 74 Films in 23 Days
A world-premiere feature documentary, the North American premiere of an epic, three-part documentary, and Israel’s Academy Award entry highlight the 74 movies filling 192 screenings in 23 days at the 2018 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival.
The full...
Remember Baghdad: Iraq’s last Jews tell the story of their country in new British...
“Jews, Muslims, Christians – we were all Iraqis – it was paradise.”
On the hundredth anniversary of the British invasion in 1917, Remember Baghdad is the untold story of Iraq, an unmissable insight into how...
(Short Film) A Bookstore in Six Chapters
Renee Saltiel and Solon Molho grew up in the largest Sephardic Jewish community in the world, Salonika, or Thessaloniki, in today’s Greece.
More than 90,000 Jews lived there then. But by the time the Germans...