25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Holy Silence
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25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Holy Silence
Documentary | 2020 | USA | 74min | English, Italian Directed by Steven Pressman Decades after the horrors of the Holocaust, a controversial debate continues over the role of the Vatican during that dark period of modern history. At the center of the debate is the pivotal question of what, if anything, Pope Pius XII […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Asia
Drama | 2020 | Israel | 85min | Hebrew, Russian, English Subtitles Directed by Ruthy Pribar Asia (Alena Yiv) and Vika (Shira Haas) are more like sisters than mother and daughter. Young mom Asia hides nothing about her work-hard, play-hard lifestyle, and expects the same openness and honesty from teenage Vika. But Vika is at […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Golden Voices
Comedy | 2019 | Israel | 88 minutes Russian, Hebrew, English subtitles Directed by Evgeny Ruman Victor and Raya Frenkel were the golden voices of the Soviet film dubbing for decades. All the western movies that reached Soviet screens were dubbed by them. In 1990, with the collapse of Soviet Union, the Frenkels decided to […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | Advocate
Documentary | 2019 | Israel, Canada, Switzerland | 110 minutes | Hebrew - Arabic, English subtitles Directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from nonviolent demonstrators to armed militants. As a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who has represented political prisoners for five decades, Tsemel, in her tireless quest […]
25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Drama | 2020 | Germany, Switzerland | 119min German, English Subtitles Directed by Caroline Link In this gentle, beautifully rendered historical family drama, a German-Jewish girl takes her first steps into adulthood, as world events intrude on her happy, carefree existence. Nine-year-old Anna is too busy with schoolwork and friends to notice Hitler’s face glaring […]
Music from the Sole: Meet the Company
Music from the Sole: Meet the Company
Company members briefly discuss their background/influences, and how this shapes the identity and style of the company. Cast members hail from Brazil, the US, Cuba, Honduras, Belgium, and Japan, united by a common love for tap dance, percussive expression, and rhythmic language, and a desire to highlight tap's history and continued relevance as an African-American […]