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Opening Day Double FeatureSunday, June 10DAVID: THE MOVIE4:00PMUSAEnglishDirector: Joel FendelmFeature (80 min.)“David: The Movie” is theremarkable story of one11-year-old boy whoinnocently manages tobreak down interfaithbarriers. It is a story offaith, friendship and family,and the challenges of beingdifferent in America.As the son of a Brooklyn Imam, 11-year-old Daud has to juggle the highexpectations of his father and his feelings of isolation and difference.Through an innocent act of good faith, Daud inadvertently befriends agroup of Jewish boys who mistake him for a fellow classmate. A genuinefriendship grows between Daud and one of the Jewish boys. Unableto resist the joy of a camaraderie he’s never known, “David,” as he isknown to the Jewish kids, is drawn into a complicated dilemma inspiredby youthful zest and the best of intentions.Sponsored by Lee BohmIntroduction byTHE BOYS: THE SHERMAN BROTHERS’ STORY7:00PMUSAEnglishDirectors: Gregory V. Sherman, Jeffrey ShermanDocumentary (104min.)“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!”A tribute to the half-centurypartnership of brothers, Robertand Richard Sherman, whocreated songs and music for 50movies, including hugely popularDisney classics such as MaryPoppins, The Jungle Book andThe Aristocats. With their genius forfamily entertainment, they wrote catchy tunes such as “Chim Chim Cheree,”“Just a Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down,” and “It’s aSmall World (After All).”Unlike their songs, the Sherman brothers have never been a householdname. But they earned a string of honors including two Oscars, oneGrammy, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.The film boldly explores a pungent mystery: “Bob” and “Dick”collaborated on a catalog of 1,000 of the world’s sunniest songs, buttheir private relationship was grim and aloof. The film was directed andproduced by their respective sons, Jeff and Gregg, first cousins bornand raised within blocks of each other in Beverly Hills. But they only saweach other at public events, where their two families would withdraw toopposite sides of the room!Sponsored by Ken and Nancy KranzbergIntroduction by Mike Isaacson, Executive Producer, The MUNYOpening Day Films$18 eachSave by buying tickets to4pm & 7pm for $30Includes FREE popcorn!(for opening day films only)2 17th Annual St. Louis Jewish Film FestivalTicket InformationWeekday film tickets: In advance $11 • At the Door $12 • Students 16 and under $8 weekday, $10 Opening DaySave on a four-Pack of weekday films: $40For tickets call 314-442-3179 or order online at brownpapertickets.comLOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF: Short Film CompetitionThe Short Film Competition (in its second year) solicited new and established filmmakersto participate from middle school, high school, college and created a new categoryfor professionals. Films of any genre were welcomed on issues such as acts of lovingkindness, caring for the stranger, the less fortunate, treatment of people with differences.Winners were selected for content and executionof the theme Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, by ajuried panel of experts. Winning films will be featuredthroughout the Jewish Film Festival.Check out the largecollection of classicand contemporaryfilm DVDs at theSaul Brodsky JewishCommunity Libraryyear round.
Monday, June 11 Tuesday, June 12FREE MEN2:00PMFOLLOW ME – The YoniNetanyahu Story5:30PMREMEMBRANCE8:00PMLITTLE ROSE2:00PMSt. Louis PremiereFranceFrench with English subtitlesDirector: Ismaël FerroukhiFeature (99 min.)St. Louis PremiereUSAEnglishDirectors: Jonathan Gruber &Ari Daniel PinchotDocumentary (84 min.)St. Louis PremiereGermanyGerman, Polish,English, English subtitlesDirector: Anna JusticeDrama (105 min.)St. Louis PremierePolandPolish, English subtitlesDirector: Jan Kidawa-BlonskiPolitical Thriller (118 min.)Tense and engaging. Inspired byactual events and personalitiesfrom a little-known chapter ofWWII history, when the ParisGrand Mosque sheltered Jewsand was the center for a groupof daring, Muslim freedomfighters allied with the FrenchResistance. Younes, a youngAlgerian immigrant, is in Franceto “make his pile and go home.”But with peril, secrets, andinformants on every side, Younesis inescapably entangled andchallenged to choose a path ofaction. FREE MEN is a powerfulreminder of the universal strugglefor liberation.Sponsored by Sima andPhil NeedlemanIntroduction by Batya AbramsonGoldstein, Executive Director,Jewish Community RelationsCouncilInspiring and heart-breaking. Anaffectionate and moving tributeto “Yoni” Netanyahu-the eldest ofthe three sons born to the parentsof Israeli Prime Minister, BenjaminNetanyahu. Yoni emerges as apoet, a lover, a scholar and asoldier. He led the brilliant 1976rescue of hostages at Uganda’sEntebbe Airport and, tragically,was the only Israeli soldier to bekilled there. Many photos of theepically handsome Yoni, excerptsfrom his prophetic and stirringletters to family and sweethearts.Plus reminiscences on cameraby the people whose lives hetouched, including Prime MinisterNetanyahu, Ehud Barak, ShimonPeres and Yoni’s ex-wife, TutiGoodman.Sponsored by Linda andNathan Cohen and Miki andMorrie ZimringIntroduction by Samuel Heiman,veteran Israeli Defence ForceGripping. Despite all odds,Hannah, a young Jewishwoman and Tomasz, a Polishpartisan, find a way for loveat a Nazi concentration camp,and manage a daring escape.Then by circumstances of theongoing war, they are parted.Each, believing the other is deadmoves on—while continuing tobe haunted by the painful past.Decades later, in New York City,by the smallest chance, Hannahcatches a TV interview with aman whom she is convinced isTomasz. The stunning realizationthat her lost love may still be alivetriggers a spiral of unresolvedemotions and moral ambiguitiesas Hannah must now confront herunresolved past. Audience Choicefor Best Feature or Best Picture inSan Francisco and Germany.Introduction by Judy Zisk Lincoff,LCSWTaut and harrowing. Espionageand love sparks a May-September romance embeddedin a portrait of late ‘60s Polandduring an anti-Semitic campaignof the repressive Communistregime. Kamila-sexy but naiveand uneducated, unwillinglybecomes Little Rose. Herboyfriend, a thug in service withthe secret police, persuadesher to insinuate herself in thelife of a university professorwho is suspected of clandestinepro-Zionist and anti-Communistactivities. Viewer Discretion: AdultContent.Introduction by Michael Kahn,Attorney and AuthorSt. Louis Jewish Film FestivalEnjoy Films Year Round With The Jewish Film SocietyFor those who enjoy films which inspire, entertain, educate and enlighten. Become a member of the Jewish Film Society and join a community that sharesyour love of the moving image. Each of the six films presented encourage lively, post-film discussions. Your membership brings year-round benefits thatinclude members-only programs and events. $36 single • $54 couple • $18 studentsMEMBER BENEFITS• One FREE ticket to a Film Society Program (regular price $6 adult)• Total of six films Sept.18, Oct. 21, Dec. 2 March 10,April 21 and May 19See back page for more details on how to join• Jewish Film Society Series Pass six films for $25• Society film screenings are not available to the general public• Membership is tax deductibleOrder tickets at brownpapertickets.com or 314-442-31793
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