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Yes, There’s Room for More Films on the Holocaust
It’s the love stories and the mysteries of the Holocaust that can bring something fresh. Continue reading
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Feminists in Focus: In Darkness on the Shortlist
In Darkness, a film by Polish director Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa), is based on the true story of Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz), a Catholic sewer worker and petty thief who, though not especially fond of Jews, is willing to court danger in 1943 Nazi-occupied Lvov in order to make some easy cash, and hides a group of Jews underground for over a year. Continue reading
Feminists in Focus:Reporting back from the New York Jewish Film FestivalBut would you go there? ‘Welcome to Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resort’
The Kutsher’s story testifies to the drive and determination that made Kutsher’s a piece of Jewish Americana for more than a century. Continue reading
Feminists in Focus:Reporting back from the New York Jewish Film FestivalRecreating the Past – Incessant Visions: Letters From an Architect
His monumental works have mostly vanished from the earth – bombed by Allied forces – but Erich Mendelsohn and his beloved Louise are brought back to life in Israeli filmmaker Duki Dror’s “Incessant Visions: Letters From an Architect.” Continue reading
Feminists in Focus: Reporting back from the New York Jewish Film Festival Mission Accomplished for ‘Bottle in the Gaza Sea’
And how encouraging to see that fresh and touching ground remains to communicate the message that the bloodshed between Israelis and Palestinians is too inhuman to continue. Continue reading
