Tag: Documentary
PBS documentary focuses on ‘Jews of the Wild West’
Amanda Kinsey, an Emmy-award-winning filmmaker, came up with the idea of a documentary on Jews who lived in the Wild West while digging through the Beck Archives in the basement of the University of Denver library.
“I was blown...
David Friedman and Mike Pompeo travel through original Bible Belt for new documentary
You can get your kicks on Route 66, or you can travel through history on Route 60. It’s a road trip through the Bible, both old and new.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman...
Always the optimist: Netflix film on Shimon Peres spotlights political, emotional resilience
A children’s book by Ruth Krauss called The Carrot Seed, first published in 1945, is a little read that packs a big punch. In it, the main character, a little boy who doesn’t even have...
Filmmaker and comedian Albert Brooks subject of classmate Rob Reiner film
Actor and film movie director Rob Reiner told the entertainment paper Variety that he is working on a new documentary about Jewish comedian, filmmaker and actor Albert Brooks.
Reiner, son of the late Jewish actor, director, screenwriter and comedian...
The ubiquitous ‘Fiddler’ again makes it way to the big screen
How did a non-Jewish director make one of the best Jewish films of all time? Did Frank Sinatra think he could play the part of Tevye? And why did Israeli prime ministers Golda Meir...
A love letter to Haifa’s multicultural humanity
“In today’s world, where we are bombarded with stories about division, I was driven to tell the story of “Breaking Bread,” which is about commonality,” said Beth Elise Hawk, writer and director of a newly...
Documentary on worst anti-Semitic attack in America shows courage under fire
SWAT teams rushing to a synagogue to save people from a shooting?
That was something most people thought they’d never see. But that’s what happened at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue when Gregory Bowers opened...
Netflix short film, ‘Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis,’ leaves viewers cringing
It was basically the complete opposite of what they expected.
A group of German Jews who fled Hitler and Nazi Germany, and who signed up to be American soldiers, wanted to exact revenge. Instead, they...
How three Israeli filmmakers wound up becoming the story in Africa
Three Israeli documentary filmmakers arrived home safely from Nigeria at the end of last week, after what they described as 20 “hellish days” detained under inhumane conditions by the government’s Department of State Services (DSS)...
Film about Israeli lawyer who advocates for terrorists gets double Emmy nod
A controversial Israeli documentary about an Israeli attorney who represents terrorists received a double Emmy nomination on Wednesday.
“Advocate,” from directors Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche, follows Israeli self-described “human-rights lawyer” Lea Tsemel as...