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No Name Restaurant
Overview “In this spirited and absurdist culture-clash comedy, two men of different strict religious faiths must work together to survive in the Sinai Desert. One is the lost and befuddled...
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Nathan-ism
Overview Nathan Hilu, the son of Syrian Jewish immigrants to New York, received a life-changing assignment from the U.S. Army: to guard the top Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg...
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Mister G
Overview Ben Gundersheimer is a Latin GRAMMY Award-winning artist, author and educator. Hailed as “a bilingual rock star” by The Washington Post, he was originally dubbed MISTER G by his...
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Merchant Ivory
Overview The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and their primary associates,...
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Looking For Chloe
Overview A documentary portrait of the Jewish Egyptian designer Gaby Aghion (1921–2014), founder of the French fashion house Chloé. With clients such as Brigitte Bardot, Jackie Kennedy, and Maria Callas,...
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Kidnapped
Overview “The latest masterpiece by legendary Italian director Marco Bellocchio is a grand, historical fresco depicting the scandalous true story of a young Jewish child who, in mid-19th century Bologna,...
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How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer
Overview “Norman Mailer, a towering figure in American literature, had a life that was certainly stranger than fiction. From his formative years in Brooklyn, through his career as a preeminent...
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Teen Film Contest Screenings
Overview Join us for a presentation of the second annual JxJ Teen Film Contest-winning shorts for their premieres at the Festival. Students from across Washington, Maryland and Virginia — ages...
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A Room Of His Own
Overview “A coming of age story not to be missed by celebrated filmmaker Matan Yair and Festival darling, Uri makes a mistake in his interview for the army – he...
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Juneteenth Screening: The Big Payback
Overview For the first time in American history, a tax funded reparations bill targeted for Black Americans is passed in Evanston, IL. The film follows the fight of rookie alderman...
