T-minus 6 days and counting!
Projector prepped, curtains pulled and seats stainless. This can only mean one thing.
Gainesville’s first Jewish Film Festival is about to make waves in north central Florida. Starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, the festival will run until March 29 and will be open to the public. A film will be showed every Monday and Tuesday during that time span. The festival is free of charge. Not Jewish? No worries! Enjoy a little bit of Jewish culture by immersing yourself in foreign film. Programming will range from documentaries to short films. The films will take place in the Hippodrome Theatre’s cinema in downtown Gainesville.
Here is a complete list of the movies that will be screened:
Monday, March 14th: Opening Night, Jews in Sports
Screening: The Yankles
Featured Speaker: Larry Shyatt,
Assistant Basketball Coach for the Gators
Tuesday, March 15th: Having a Homeland
Screening: The Name My Mother Gave Me
Westbank Story
Featured Speaker: Joshua Kahn
Monday, March 21st: Jewish Identity
Screening: The Tribe
Featured Speaker: Andrea James
Tuesday, March 22nd: American World Jewish Service/Tezedek
Screening: AJWS Video
The Last Survivor Trailer
Featured Speakers: Emily Sasser and Pammie Shapiro
Monday, March 28th: Holocaust Remembrance
Screening: A Film Unfinished
Featured Speaker: Professor Norman Goda
Tuesday, March 29th: Contemporary Israeli Culture
Screening: A Touch Away
Featured Speaker: Rabbi Daniel Wolnerman
