12:00 - Toronto Jewish Film Festival

FILM LISTFILM LISTPORGY AND BESS:AN AMERICAN VOICE USA 1998, 84 minDirector: Nigel NobleThu. May 10 4:00pm AGSAVED BY DEPORTATIONTORONTO PREMIEREUSA 2007, 75 minYiddish, Polish, RussianDirector: Slawomir GrunbergMon. May 7 Noon AGLast year, as part of its “Rhythm and Jews”series, the TJFF screened Trevor Nunn’s acclaimedversion of the Gershwin classic performedby the Glyndebourne Opera. Nunn isinterviewed in this illuminating documentary,along with several notable African Americans,who offer both their critical and theirlaudatory views of the Jewish/Black musicalcollaboration. Narrated by Ruby Dee, the filmalso incorporates re-enactments and wonderfularchival clips from a variety of legendaryversions of Porgy and Bess. Featured are:Leontyne Price, William Warfield, DiahannCarroll, Willard White, Maya Angelou, CabCalloway and Francis Gershwin Godowsky.Guest: Producer/BroadcasterRita Shelton DeverellWeekday matinees presented by:When the Nazis invaded Poland in September1939, thousands of Jews fled to safety inthe areas of Poland occupied by the SovietUnion. In 1940, those refugees who refusedto accept Soviet citizenship were deported toforced labour settlements in Siberia or theUral Mountains. Later, many of these peoplewere moved deeper into the Soviet Union tosuch Central Asian Republics as Uzbekistan,Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. Thisfilm follows two of these individuals, Asherand Shifra Scharf, on a personal journey torevisit the people and places that saved theirlives during the Holocaust.To contact the director of this film visit tjff.comWeekday matinees presented by:OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER SPONSOROFFICIAL NEWSPAPER SPONSORAG AL GREEN THEATRE · BC BLOOR CINEMA · SG SHEPPARD GRANDE · PROGRAMME 43