Re: 3rd Annual Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival, Apr 5-12

[George Robinson <grcomm...>]

And if you want to see what I'm pushing from that series, go to:
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=7714

George (the Pusherman) Robinson

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unless one is working towards something. We only
have the right to hope if we are struggling."

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From: "Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky" <yiddish (at) waletzky(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 2:14 PM
Subject: 3rd Annual Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival, Apr 5-12


> Haven't gotten a chance to send this out to all New York area people.
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> Hope you can come.
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> Reyzl
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>  THE THIRD ANNUAL BROOKLYN JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
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> The Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival www.brjff.org and BAMcinématek proudly
> present the 3rd Annual Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival! This year's theme
> is Artists and Activists, and the films all focus on the creative
> encounter of engaged artists with personally meaningful subjects. Issues
> include the conflict in the Middle East, the Holocaust, McCarthyism, and
> the rights of the disabled. What these films share is a commitment to
> their subject and a belief that cinema can be an agent of change.
>
> Opening Night, Apr 5
> Taking Wing (2000) 90 min. New York Premiere!
> Directed by Steve Suissa
> This autobiographical comedy/drama immerses the viewer in the director's
> love of theater, film, and the art of acting. In French with English
> subtitles.
> with Shebrew 12 min.
> Sat, Apr 5 at 7:30pm*
> *Followed by Opening Night Party at 9:15pm. With live music by Asefa,
> featuring Samuel Thomas and Eric Platz.
>
> Apr 6
> Asesino (2003) 52 min. North American Premiere!
> Directed by Nurit Kedar
> This documentary uses archival footage (often dramatically silent) and
> testimonies to tell the story of the Jewish "disappeared" in Argentina.
> Newsworthy is the charge of Israel's complicity.
> with Art and Rememberance: The Legacy of Felix Nussbaum (1993) 81 min.
> Directed by Barbara Pfeffer
> While in hiding in Brussels, Nussbaum created the major body of work
> about the Jews during the Holocaust. Twenty-five years after his murder
> at Auschwitz, the hidden paintings were discovered.
> Sun, Apr 6 at 2pm
>
> Apr 6
> The Possessed (2001) 63 min.
> Choreography and adaptation by Pearl Lang
> Pearl Lang's interpretation of the S. Ansky's Yiddish classic, The Dybbuk,
> uses film techniques to heighten this beloved drama. Lang herself dances
> the main role of Leya.
> Sun, Apr 6 at 4pm*
> *Q&A with choreographer Pearl Lang & former Lang dancer Harvey
Lichtenstein
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> Apr 6
> Last Dance (2002) 84 min.
> Directed by Mirra Bank
> A look at the stormy collaboration of Maurice Sendak and the members of
> Pilobolus as they create A Selection, a dance with a Holocaust theme,
> set to music written in Theresienstadt.
> Sun, Apr 6 at 6:15pm*
> *Q&A with director Mirra Bank and author Arthur Yorink
>
> Apr 6
> Lisa (2000) 109 min.
> Directed by Pierre Grimblat
> Grimblat uses his family's long-hidden history to tell a haunting love
> story that teaches the lasting power of love, hatred, and Judaism.
> Featuring French national treasure Jeanne Moreau. In French with English
> subtitles.
> Sun, Apr 6 at 9:15pm
>
> Apr 7
> Asesino (Assasin) (2003) 52 min. North American Premiere!
> Directed by Nurit Kedar
> This documentary uses archival footage (often dramatically silent) and
> testimonies to tell the story of the Jewish "disappeared" in Argentina.
> Newsworthy is the charge of Israel's complicity.
> Mon, Apr 7 at 4:30pm
>
> Apr 7
> The Klarsfelds (2002) World Premiere!
> Directed by Elizabeth Citroen
> For 30 years, the Klarsfelds have been preserving the memory of French
> Jewry and bringing to justice Nazi officials and their French
collaborators.
> with One Day Crossing (2000)
> Directed by Joan Stein
> This Oscar-nominated film tells a Holocaust story with high emotional
> impact and great artistic control. In Hungarian with English subtitles.
> Total running time 77 min.
> Mon, Apr 7 at 6:15pm*
> *Q&A with One Day Crossing writer Christina Lazaridi
>
> Apr 7
> Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII (2002) 99
min.
> Directed by Aviva Slesin
> Music by John Zorn
> Oscar winner Slesin tells the emotional story of the relationships of a
> number of Jewish children and the non-Jews who sheltered them at great
> personal risk.
> with Terezin, 1944
> Mon, Apr 7 at 9pm*
> *Q&A with director Secret Lives director Aviva Slesin and
> writer/co-producer Toby Appleton Perl
>
> Apr 8
> Talking to the Enemy (1985) 52 min.
> Directed by Mira Hamermesh
> Produced before the first "intifada," this documentary follows Muna
Hamzeh,
> a Palestinian woman as she visits an Israeli family on their kibbutz.
> Tue, Apr 8 at 4:30pm
>
> Apr 8 & 11
> The Inner Tour (2001) 97 min.
> Directed by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
> A group of Palestinians, many revisiting their old homes, tours Israel
> for three days. This heartbreaking documentary reveals the human side
> of the political conflicts in the Middle East.
> Tue, Apr 8 at 6:20pm
> Fri, Apr 11 at 4pm
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> Apr 8
> August (2002) 72 min.
> Directed by Avi Mograbi
> Subtitled "A Moment Before the Eruption," this tragi-comic documentary
> shows Mograbi's attempt to make a film about what happens in the month
> of August, which is seen as a metaphor for the state of Israeli society.
> Tue, Apr 8 at 8:40pm
>
> Apr 9 & 12
> Keep on Walking-Joshua Nelson: The Jewish Gospel Singer (2000) 52 min.
> Directed by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen, Freke Vuijst, Vibeke Winding
> Nelson, a black American Jew, uses his talent for traditional gospel
> music and his charisma to build bridges between races and religions.
> Wed, Apr 9 at 4:30pm
> Sat, Apr 12 at 9:15pm*
> *Q&A with director Tana Ross and live performance by singer Joshua
> Nelson with 35-member choir
>
> Apr 9
> Foreign Sister (2000) 124 min.
> Directed by Dan Wolman
> The friendship between Naomi and her Ethiopian-born housekeeper
> transcends differences in age, race, and class and opens Naomi's eyes to
> the reality of life for foreign workers in Israel. Winner of Best Film
> at the 2000 Jerusalem International Film Festival.
> Wed, Apr 9 at 6:15pm
> Q&A with director Dan Wolman has been cancelled
>
> Apr 9
> The Crucible (1996) 124 min.
> Directed by Nicholas Hytner
> With Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen
> Arthur Miller's timeless tale of truth on trial in Salem, MA in 1692 was
> written as a response to the McCarthy Communist witch-hunts of the 1950s.
> Wed, Apr 9 at 9:30pm
>
> Apr 10
> Tisch School of the Arts Film Shorts 70 min.
> Selected new shorts from NYU's film program. Featuring Micha Smith's
> Black Hats & Short Skits, Danny Greenfield's Allerd Fishbein's In Love,
> Eric Kalb's Silver Bells, Kirill Mikhanovsky's Inhale/Exhale, Yon
> Motskin's The Cutman.
> Thu, Apr 10 at 4:30pm
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> Apr 10
> Rosa Luxemburg (1986) 123 min.
> Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
> With Barbara Sukowa
> A poignant and uncompromising dramatization of the struggles German
> revolutionary icon Rosa Luxemburg.
> Thu, Apr 10 at 6:30pm*
> *Q&A with actress Barbara Sukowa and journalist Budd Mishkin
>
> Apr 10
> Robert Capa: In Love and War (2003) 90 min. New York Premiere!
> Directed by Anne Makepeace
> Direct from Sundance comes the story of the Hungarian Jew Andre Friedman
> who reinvented himself as the American Robert Capa, one of the greatest
> war photographers and a hero in the fight against fascism.
> Thu, Apr 10 at 9:45pm
>
> Apr 11
> The Inner Tour (2001) 97 min.
> Directed by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
> A group of Palestinians, many revisiting their old homes, tours Israel
> for three days. This heartbreaking documentary reveals the human side
> of the political conflicts in the Middle East.
> Fri, Apr 11 at 4pm
>
> Apr 11
> The Way We Were (1973) 118 min.
> Directed by Sidney Pollock
> With Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand
> This classic shows how politics destroyed the romance of a leftist
> Jewish woman and her skeptical WASP lover. Columbia Films and the BJFF
> salute the film's 30th anniversary
> with a new print! Fri, Apr 11 at 6:15pm*
> with Nose Job Jews 5 min.
> *Q&A with The Way We Were writer Arthur Laurents & ilm scholar Foster
Hirsch
>
> Apr 11
> In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002) 108 min.
> Directed by Martina Kudlacek
> Music by John Zorn
> Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas are among the indie film luminaries paying
> homage to filmmaker Maya Deren whose own films are excerpted in this
> evocative documentary.
> Fri, Apr 11 at 9:30pm
>
> Apr 12
> The Mayor of the West Side (2003) Sneak Preview!
> Directed by Judd Ehrlich
> Ehrlich's film tells the story of Mark Puddington, a disabled New Yorker
> who is determined to celebrate his bar mitzvah.
> with Are You This Able? (2001)
> Directed by Rony Gruber
> A heartwarming documentary which accompanies a group of Israelis who
> travel to the US to participate in the Very Special Arts Festival.
> Total running time 104 min.
> Sat, Apr 12 at 1:30pm*
> *Q&A with The Mayor of the West Side director Judd Ehrlich and one of
> the featured subjects, Margaret Puddington
>
> Apr 12
> The Front (1976) 94 min.
> Directed by Martin Ritt
> Written by Walter Bernstein
> With Woody Allen, Zero Mostel
> America's most unlikely hero, the politically innocent Howard Prince
> (Allen) fronts for blacklisted writers in the 50s and eventually comes
> under scrutiny himself.
> Sat, Apr 12 at 4:15pm*
> *Q&A with writer Walter Bernstein and film scholar Foster Hirsch
>
> Apr 12
> The Last Letter (2002)
> Directed by Frederick Wiseman
> The first fiction film from legendary documentary filmmaker Wiseman is
> about a woman trapped in a Ukrainian ghetto in 1941, writing a final
> letter to her son. In French with English subtitles.
> with One Day Crossing (2000)
> Directed by Joan Stein
> This Hungarian language film tells a Holocaust story with high emotional
> impact and great artistic control. In Hungarian with English subtitles.
> Total running time 88 min.
> Sat, Apr 12 at 7pm
>
> Apr 12
> Keep on Walking-Joshua Nelson: The Jewish Gospel Singer (2000) 52 min.
> Directed by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen, Freke Vuijst, Vibeke Winding
> Nelson, a black American Jew, uses his talent for traditional gospel
> music and charisma to build bridges between races and religions.
> Sat, Apr 12 at 9:15pm*
> *Q&A with director Tana Ross and live performance by singer Joshua
> Nelson with 35-member choir.
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> If you would like to reserve tickets for the Opening Night Party
> after the screening of the film please make your check payable
> for $15 to the Brooklyn Jewish film Festival for the number of
> tickets desired and mail to the Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival,
> c/o Jackie Lew, 549 First Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11215.
>
> Live music with ASEFA, Featuring Samuel Thomas on saxophones, clarinet
> and percussion and Eric Platz on drumset, percussion.
>
> Reserved tickets can be picked up at the festival table on opening night.
>
> For further information and to reserve tickets, please call Jackie
> Lew at 718-768-1860
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> (Note: Tickets for the opening night film screening must be ordered in
> the usual way through moviefone or purchased at the BAM box office)
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>
> Opening Night Party Tickets:
>     Tickets go on sale from March 10 through www.moviefone.com (search
>     by theater zip code 11217.) Additionally, you may call 777-FILM to
>     order advance and day-of screening tickets. Tickets are also
>     available for sale at the BAM ROSE CINEMA BOX OFFICE.
>
> All screenings are at the BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Avenue.
>
> Programs and showtimes are subject to change. For updated showtimes
> and schedules please check with the BAM box office, or BAMcinematek
> hotline at 718-636-4100. Updates will also be posted on this website.
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> Festival Schedule
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>     Saturday, April 5th
>     7:30 PM: Taking Wing
>     9:15 PM: Opening Night Party
>
>     Sunday April 6th
>     2:00 PM: Double Bill: Asesino & Art and Rememberance: The Legacy of
>              Felix Nussbaum (begins at 3:00 PM)
>     4:00 PM: The Possessed
>     6:15 PM: Last Dance
>     9:15 PM: Lisa
>
>     Monday, April 7th
>     4:30 PM: Asesino
>     6:15 PM: Double Bill: One Day Crossing & The Klarsfelds (begins
@7:15PM)
>     9:00 PM: Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII
>
>     Tuesday, April 8th
>     4:30 PM: Talking To The Enemy
>     6:20 PM: The Inner Tour
>     8:40 PM: August: A Moment Before The Eruption
>
>     Wednesday, April 9th
>     4:30 PM: Keep on Walking - Joshua Nelson: The Jewish Gospel Singer
>     6:15 PM: Foreign Sister
>     9:30 PM: The Crucible
>
>     Thursday, April 10th
>     4:30 PM: Student Films From NYU Tisch School of the Arts
>     6:30 PM: Rosa Luxembourg
>     9:45 PM: Robert Capa in Love and War
>
>     Friday, April 11th
>     4:00 PM: The Inner Tour
>     6:15 PM: The Way We Were
>     9:30 PM: In the Mirror of Maya Deren
>
>     Saturday, April 12th
>     1:30 PM: Double Bill: Mayor of the West Side & Are You Able?
(begi (at) 3PM)
>     4:15 PM: The Front
>     7:00 PM: Double Bill: One Day Crossing & Last Letter
>     9:15 PM: Keep on Walking - Joshua Nelson: The Jewish Gospel Singer
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> Tickets Prices:
>     General admission: $10.00.  Seniors: $6.00.
>     Students: $7.00 (with valid ID)
>
>     A dinner and movie package on Friday-Saturday nights at BAM café is
>     available for only $31 (at the box office only). For more
>     information, call the BAMcinématek hotline at (718)636.4100.
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> BAM Rose Cinemas
> 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217
> tel. 718.636.4129 x 3
> fax: 718.636.4179
>
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> Directions:
>    Subway: 1, 2, 4, 5, Q Local, and Q Express to Atlantic Avenue
>            W, M, N, R to Pacific St.G to Fulton St. C to Lafayette Ave.
>    Train: Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue
>    Car: Commercial parking lots are located adjacent to BAM.
>
> For more information, see http://www.brooklynjewishfilmfestival.org
> or the website of BAM, www.bam.org . You may also call BAMcinématek
> hotline at (718)636.4100.
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