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The JCC’s film salon showcases unique, hard-to-find features, ranging from US premieres to restorations of Yiddish film classics. All selections explore and illuminate Jewish identity, and are shown on the JCC’s big screen.
Each presentation is followed by a moderated discussion (see below for speaker information). |
Faith and Sexuality, On Film and In Person
Sidewalk 
Israel, 2007, 57 minutes
Hebrew (English Subtitles)
Directed by Duki Dror
When does it all begin—how do we become who we become? How does it happen that we get slotted into our places in the social pecking order? How did any of us survive the tribulations of childhood? These are some of the questions that may pass through your mind as you watch Sidewalk, the latest documentary by Duki Dror (My Fantasia, Happy Days). In this film, Dror presents a simple, child’s-eye view as he follows kids on their daily journeys to and from school. The filmmaker shares the same wondrous gift of bittersweet nostalgia that the cartoonists Charles M. Schulz and Lynda Barry possess. They all remind us that the touch of our childhood is with us—and marks us—forever.
—Program note courtesy of San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF)
Screening followed by a discussion led by John Morrison, California Film Institute Education Director.
Co-presented by the SFJFF, the Mill Valley Film Festival and the Consulate General of Israel
Thursday Audust 21, 7:30pm
$5 member, $8 general
Buy tickets here |
New to DVD!:
Film and Interactive Discussion Series 
Did you miss a movie while it was playing in the theater and would love a second chance to view it with a friendly group?
Films to be shown are:
This is England
Blade Runner
3:10 to Yuma
Two Days in Paris
Paprika
Deep Water
Lust, Caution
Into the Wild
The Darjeeling Limited
Dan in Real Life
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
American Gangster
Juno
Michael Clayton
All screenings followed by a lively group discussion facilitated by George Porter. Co-Sponsor: Berkeley Adult School
Wednesdays, 7:00pm; Suggested donation: $2-$5 |
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