Streaming Films

10 Questions for Henry Ford

One hundred years after the publication of his notorious antisemitic screed "The International Jew," the ghost of Henry Ford returns to face his legacy in this hybrid film based on archival documents, oral histories, and Ford’s personal notebooks.

And I Was There

As a young soldier, Eran Paz documented his unit members taking over Palestinian homes in the West Bank. Eighteen years later, he confronts his past and returns to where it all began.

Bad Nazi, Good Nazi

The residents of a German village must decide whether to construct a memorial honoring the Nazi officer who saved the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman, the renowned Jewish musician featured in the Roman Polanski film "The Pianist."

Charm Circle

Nira Burstein’s documentary is a love song to her eccentric and sometimes mentally challenged family, who live in the gracious chaos of their Charm Circle New York City home in Queens.

Grossman

Through a series of intimate interviews, David Grossman, one of Israel’s most acclaimed authors and the recipient of the 2017 Man Booker International Prize, reflects on how his family has inspired his writing.

Jews in Shorts: Documentary Program II

In their own way, each of these short documentaries presents subjects who are trying to make the world a fairer and more equitable place.

More Than I Deserve

All Pinhas wants is a supportive family life and to study for his bar mitzvah. His secular, single, hard-working mother can't provide it. Maybe their religious neighbor can.

Schächten

In the late 1960s, when a young Jewish businessman fails to secure just punishment for the Nazi concentration camp commandant who murdered his loved ones, he resolves to take the law into his own hands.

On This Happy Note

Internationally renowned feminist Israeli playwright and TV writer Anat Gov meditates on how to best prepare for the end of her life. There is such a thing as a happy ending.

Simchas and Sorrows (Next Wave Spotlight)

A quirky comedy about a former Catholic school girl turned atheist who wrestles with an unplanned pregnancy, a proposal and pressure from her future in-laws to convert to Judaism.

The Crossing

After surviving a pogrom, 13-year-old Kyona and her younger brother Adriel flee, embarking on a suspenseful journey to cross the border to safety in this animated feature with glorious fairytale-like imagery.

The Forgotten Ones

Michale Boganim’s beautiful and thoughtful film about the second class treatment of three generations of Mizrahi Jews in Israel raises questions of identity and belonging.

We Burn Like This

When 22-year-old Rae witnesses the rise of antisemitism in her Billings, Montana community, she is forced to reckon with her ancestors’ trauma, and her own. Features notable performances from Madeleine Coghlan (The Rookie) and Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs).

Where Life Begins

While on summer vacation with her large family on a bucolic Italian farm, the rebellious young ultra-Orthodox Esther meets the divorced, non-devout Catholic Elio. The two opposites gradually discover that, with mutual admiration and magnetism, opposites attract.

Ibach

A historic piano that survived the Holocaust is restored in Philadelphia four generations later. A heartrending story of generational trauma and reconciliation.

Intimate Partners: The Ethics, Complexities, and Joys of Centering Family in Nonfiction Storytelling

This panel examines the ethics, challenges, and joys of centering family in non-fiction storytelling.

Who Gets to Play Anne Frank?: A Conversation about Race and Casting in the Short Film Anne

The thought-provoking short film Anne explores Jewish identity and casting when two actresses, one Black and one white, audition to play the role of Anne Frank, prompting the debate: who is best suited for the role?