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Apt Pupil |
| Learning about the Holocaust in high school, a student recognizes a photographed concentration camp officer as an old man living in his neighborhood. Starring Sir Ian McKellen and the late Brad Renfro. |
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Aya: An Imagined Autobiography |
| Michal Bat-Adam plays a woman driven so hard and long by her father to become successful that her life breaks down into a mixture of dream fragments, fantasy, and reality. (Hebrew with English subtitles) |
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The Governess |
| Minnie Driver plays a young Jewish woman of privileged means who, following her father's death, passes herself off as a gentile and seeks employment with a family in Scotland. A passionate and secret love affair soon begins. Film festival award-winner. |
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The Hero |
| Richard Harris is an aging soccer player who encounters a 12 year-old fan striking out to find his hero in this Golden Globe nominated picture for best English-language foreign film. Based on the novel Bloomfield. (In English and Hebrew, with English subtitles) |
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I Never Sang For My Father |
| Gene Hackman plays a New York professor hoping to change his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California. He struggles with the wishes of a controlling father (Melvyn Douglas) who has already disowned his daughter for marrying a Jew. |
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Imported Bridegroom |
| Nostalgic Jewish romance about Asriel, a turn-of-the-century rich Boston widower who returns to the old country looking for spiritual nourishment. Based on a story by Jewish Daily Forward editor Abraham Cahan. The movie is accompanied by an interview with filmmaker Pamela Berger on the making of "Imported Bridegroom." |
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Jolly Paupers |
| In this Yiddish musical comedy, famous comic duo Dzigan and Shumacher play two small-town entrepreneurs who believe they have struck oil in a local field. The whole town finds out and thus begins a comedy of errors. (Yiddish with English subtitles) |
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The Last Scene |
| Seventy years after being tearfully parted from her sister at the Warsaw train station, where she looked upon her sibling for the very last time, Menucha Greenberg looks to recreate this life-changing moment with local actors and authentic costumes. A documentary film on bringing closure to a life event. (Hebrew with English subtitles) |
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The Last Winter |
| The wives of two soldiers missing in action after the Yom Kippur war each think the same blurred image in a foreign newsreel is her husband. Starring Kathleen Quinlan. |
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Main Suspect |
| Leftist filmmaker Yaky Yosha follows Major General Alik Ron, chief of police in Galilee, who was questioned on the deaths of twelve Israeli Arabs in clashes related to the Al Aqsa Intifada. |
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Making A Killing |
| Compelling detective story about one family's 50-year quest to recover their missing art collection, set against a background of murder, greed, and corruption. |
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My Brother's Wedding |
| When Boston director Daniel Akiba's brother Jonah traveled to Israel, his mother's parting words to her son were "Have a good time but don't become Orthodox." Three months later he called his mother and said, "The Torah is the Word of God." |
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My Family's Pizza |
| A young sleep-addicted pizza wizard asks his parents to help him buy a pizza place he co-owns. But when he becomes the sole owner, his parents realize they have to invest a lot more than just money. An award winning film. (Hebrew with English subtitles) |
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Not In My Name |
| A critical and controversial look at the North American political Jewish Left and their feelings on, and ideas for, the state of Israel. A Chutzpa Productions title from documentary filmmaker Igal Hecht, who also produced Qassam on the death of three pre-schoolers from the rockets fired at Sderot, Israel. |
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Olive Press |
| West Bank Jews and Palestinians harvest olives each autumn, but the branches that used to symbolize peace are now used as a tool in the ongoing land conflict. This documentary film follows three people whose lives have been affected. (Hebrew with English subtitles) |
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Second Watch |
| An Israeli Reserve soldier on watch at a remote post meets an equally bored Jordanian soldier. A delightful encounter ensues in this comic Israeli short feature. (Hebrew with English subtitles) |
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Tevye |
| A true Yiddish classic and the inspiration for "Fiddler on the Roof," "Tevye the Milkman" is Maurice Schwartz's adaptation of the classic Sholom Aleichem novel. (Yiddish with English subtitles) |
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