[bfsa] Sharing with
Brenda Scarborough
bmscarborough at ysu.edu
Wed Sep 26 10:29:33 EDT 2007
FYI
Bonnie Deutsch Burdman, Director
Community Relations/Government Affairs
Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
505 Gypsy Lane
Youngstown, OH 44420
(phone) 330-746-3250, ext. 183 (mobile) 330-770-8702
(fax) 330-746-7926
www.jewishyoungstown.org
bdburdman at jewishyoungstown.org
Sunday, October 7th, 2007, 4:00 pm
USA Cinema, 930 Great East Plaza, Niles
Followed by a discussion led by Sam Kooperman and Bill Benedikt, recent
participants in the largest mission of North American Jews to Ethiopia
Live and Become
Feature Film
Directed by Radu Mihaileanu
France, Israel, 2004, 143 min., French, Hebrew, Amharic with English
subtitles
Award-winning Director
Radu Mihaileanu ( Betrayal and Train of Life ) draws on personal
childhood experiences to create this epic story of identity, sacrifice,
love, and survival. In this emotionally searing film, a Christian
mother forces her nine-year-old son, Shlomo, to declare himself Jewish
in order to be included in Operation Moses, the 1984 rescue mission
staged by the Israeli secret service to enable the Ethiopian Jewish
community to escape the famine of the mid-eighties. The mother, knowing
that she likely will never see her son again, admonishes him to "go,
live and become." Shlomo arrives in Israel realizing that he must
conceal his identity as a Christian and make a transformation into
Israeli society. He must learn to live with the complexities of race
and religion in a rapidly changing world, all the time yearning to be
reunited with his biological mother.
Winner of the Audience Award for best film at the 2005 Berlin
International Film Festival.
DoubleFeature
Thursday, October 11th, 2007, 7:00 pm
Youngstown State University, DeBartolo Hall Auditorium
West Bank Story
Short
Directed by Ari Sandel
USA, 2006, 20 min., English, Hebrew, Arabic, with English subtitles
West Bank Story is a musical comedy about David, an Israeli soldier,
and Fatima, a Palestinian fast food cashier - an unlikely couple who
fall in love amidst the animosity of their families’ dueling falafel
stands in the West Bank. Tensions mount when the Kosher King’s new
pastry machine juts onto Hummus Hut property. The Palestinians ruin the
machine and the Israelis respond by building a wall between the two
eating establishments. The couple professes their love for each other,
triggering a chain of events that destroys both restaurants and forces
all to find common ground in an effort to rebuild, planting a seed of
hope.-"a little singing, a little dancing, a lot of hummus."
Winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Short Action Film
Followed by:
Blues by the Beach
Documentary
Produced by Jack Baxter USA, Israel, 2005, 75 min., English
This film is an unscripted, unplanned and unprecedented account of a
terrorist attack at Mike’s Place, a popular live music bar on the Tel
Aviv beach front.
Filmmaker Jack Baxter set out to show that terror, fear and bloodshed
is not all that exists in Israel, and selected Mike’s Place to show the
laughter and music that still resonates throughout the country. No one
could have ever suspected that this location would be the target of a
suicide bombing. Blues by the Beach highlights the effects of terror,
but also shows the aftermath and the healing that takes place as the
members of this close-knit community struggle to move on while still
honoring those who were lost.
Winner of the Conflict & Resolution Award, Hamptons International Film
Festival.
Sunday, October 14th, 2007, 2:00 pm
Butler Institute of American Art
The Rape of Europa
Documentary Written/Directed/Produced by Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen,
Nicole Newnham Narrated by Joan Allen
USA, 2006, 117 min., English
The Rape of Europa tells the epic story of the systematic theft and
deliberate destruction of European artwork by the Nazis during World
War IIand the extraordinary efforts to restore these masterpieces to
their rightful owners. F or 12 years, the Nazis looted and destroyed
art on a scale unprecedented in history. But heroic efforts of the US
Monuments Men as well as young art historians and curators from America
and across Europe fought back with a miraculous campaign to rescue and
return the many lost, hidden and stolen treasures. Even today, more
than 60 years later, this tragic legacy continues to play out as looted
collectors recover major works of art, conservators repair battle
damage, and nations fight over the fate of ill-gotten spoils of war.
2006 Audience Award for Best Documentary, Boston Jewish Film Festival
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007, 7:00 pm
USA Cinema, 930 Great East Plaza, Niles
Sweet Mud
Feature Film
Written/Directed by Dror Shaul Israel, Germany, 2006,
100 min., Hebrew with English subtitles
One of the most accomplished and celebrated international dramas of the
year, Sweet Mud peels back the romantic mythology surrounding communal
life on an Israeli kibbutz to tell a more personal, poignant story of
thwarted love, adolescent awakening and human longings and failings. I
t is 1974. On a kibbutz in southern Israel, amid verdant, fertile
landscapes, a boy is entering a troubled bar mitzvah year. Dvir (Tomer
Steinhof) is 12; his father is dead, his brother is in the army and his
mother Miri ( Ronit Yudkevitch) is emotionally fragile, nearly
unstable. When her much-rumored boyfriend actually appears from
Switzerland, things begin to look up for Dvir and Miri. Before long,
however, a series of small but earthshaking conflicts will test the
nascent family as well as the ability of the kibbutz community to take
care of its most vulnerable members.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema at Sundance, the
Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and six Israeli
Academy Awards including Best Picture.
Ticket Information
Click here to download Ticket Request Form.
http://youngstown.ujcfedweb.org/local_includes/downloads/20781.pdf
Payment may be made by check or money order made payable to:
YSU Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival
Office of Events Management, Youngstown State University, One
University Plaza, Youngstown, Ohio 44555. Tickets may also be purchased
at the Jewish Community Center Bursar’s Office, 505 Gypsy Lane,
Youngstown, Ohio 44505
For more information contact Myra Benedikt
Ticket prices are as follows:
$27.00........Festival Pass, all five films
$8.00..........Single ticket, adults 18 and over
$7.00..........Single ticket, seniors 60 and over
$6.00..........Single ticket, teens/YSU Students with valid I.D.
USA Cinema
USA Cinema is located at 930 Great East Plaza, Niles, Ohio 44446.
Parking at YSU
For the October 11 double feature, theatergoers are encouraged to use
the M-24 parking lot at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Grant Street,
enter off Grant Street. Park closest to Arlington Street and cross
Fifth Avenue. Access to the DeBartolo Hall Auditorium is through the
south or west doors. Disability parking is available in the M-2 parking
deck off Fifth Avenue.
Parking for the Butler
Please use the F -1 parking lot on University Plaza for the October 14
film Rape of Europa to be shown in Zona Auditorium at the Butler
Institute of American Art.
Sponsors
Youngstown State University
Judaic and Holocaust Studies Program Committee
Frances and Lillian Schermer Charitable Trusts
Jewish Community Center
USA Cinema Butler Institute of American Art
B’nai B’rith Mahoning Lodge 339
Zionist Organization of America
Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
Tri-County HadassahTemple El Emeth
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Brenda Scarborough, LMTA II
Maag Library/Information Services
Youngstown State University
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