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DISCUSSION
Sunday, March 4, 2:30 P.M.
Jewish Dystopias
Writers Ben Marcus (The Flame Alphabet) and Joshua Cohen (Witz) in conversation
As audiences anxiously await the release of The Hunger Games film, Marcus and Cohen, two prominent Jewish writers with a taste for the apocalyptic, explore how the Holocaust informs their recent works.
$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members
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JEWISH TALES FROM WALES: A FILM SERIES
Sunday, March 11
11 A.M. - Solomon and Gaenor
(1999, 105 min., English with Welsh and Yiddish subtitles)
Written and directed by Paul Morrison
Series introduction by the Rt. Hon. Carwyn Jones, AM, First Minister of Wales
Post-screening discussion with film historian Dr. Nathan Abrams, Bangor University, U.K.
A Romeo and Juliet story set in South Wales in the early 20th century, this period drama depicts the ill-fated romance between a young Jewish peddler (Ioann Gruffudd) and a Welsh miner's daughter.
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2:30 P.M. - Sleep Furiously
(2010, 94 min.)
Directed by Gideon Koppel
Post-screening discussion with the director and Dr. Nathan Abrams
In this poetic documentary, Koppel explores the remote Welsh farming community where his parents found refuge from the Nazis.
$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members
Price includes both films on March 11.
Watch the film series trailer on YouTube.
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JEWISH TALES FROM WALES: A FILM SERIES
Wednesday, March 14, 7 P.M.
Very Annie Mary
(2001, 104 min.)
Written and directed by Sara Sugarman
Post-screening discussion with the director and Dr. Nathan Abrams
Quirky 33-year-old Annie Mary (Rachel Griffiths) lives under the shadow of her strict baker father (Jonathan Pryce), yearning to break free.
$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members
Watch the film series trailer on YouTube.
This film series is co-presented by the Welsh Government and the Museum with the support of Bangor University, Wales, U.K.
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DISCUSSION
Sunday, March 18, 2:30 P.M.
“Until We Are All Free”: Emma Lazarus’ Legacy
Prof. Joyce Antler, Brandeis University; Ruth Messinger, American Jewish World Service; Judith Rosenbaum, Jewish Women's Archive
Activists and scholars explore the legacy of Lazarus’ activism and advocacy for human rights as well as Jewish involvement in bringing about social change today.
$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Women’s Archive
Presented in conjunction with Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles. Tour the exhibition at 1:30 P.M. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Call 646.437.4202.
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DISCUSSION
Wednesday, March 21, 7 P.M.
Behind the Lens: Curator Talk with Christian Delage
Delage offers a cinematic introduction to Filming the Camps’ three directors—John Ford, George Stevens, and Samuel Fuller. This program features a documentary about Fuller’s life as a journalist and soldier; a short 1945 documentary reporting on the pending Nuremberg trials; and footage of the first Jewish service at Dachau
$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 Museum and IFC members
Presented in conjunction with Filming the Camps: From Hollywood to Nuremberg, which opens to the public on March 22, 2012.
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DISCUSSION
Sunday, March 25, 2:30 P.M.
From East and West: Dueling Perspectives on Filming the Camps
Curator Christian Delage, Université Paris 8, and Prof. Stuart Liebman, CUNY Graduate Center
U.S., British, Polish, and Soviet teams filmed the liberation of camps in 1944 and 1945. Using clips from rare films, Delage and Liebman will compare the ways in which the Eastern and Western Allies documented images of death and concentration camps.
$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 Museum and IFC members
Presented in conjunction with Filming the Camps: From Hollywood to Nuremberg. The exhibition will be open to program ticket holders from 1:30 P.M. to 2:30 P.M.
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CONCERT
Wednesday, March 28, 7 P.M.
Freedom Sounds: A Pre-Passover Concert with Gerard Edery
Featuring Meg Okura (violin, erhu, vocals) and Sean Kupisz (bass)
Sephardic music-master Gerard Edery returns for a soul-stirring program of Passover songs, stories, and poetry from Iberia, North Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East.
$12, $10 students/seniors, $7 members
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