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Decades before #MeToo, the controversial Jewish feminist writer and public intellectual, Andrea Dworkin called out the pervasiveness of sexism and rape culture with revolutionary and iconoclastic flair.
An innovative, cinematic exploration of acting as a form of survival, through the life and work of Jack Garfein: Holocaust survivor, Actors Studio co-founder, controversial stage and screen director. A journey of an enigmatic, censored artist, The Wild One explores the importance of his legacy and questions how art can draw on personal memory to better enlighten our present.
Part mystery story and part comedic heist, “The Stamp Thief” is the surprising tale of how Gary, a risk-averse father of four and an original “Seinfeld” writer/producer, drops everything, enlists the help of a team of adventurous friends and filmmakers, and flies halfway around the world to attempt to find and rescue a priceless stamp collections collection the Nazi stole from concentration camp victims, buried somewhere in Poland.
The brilliant David Strathairn gives a mesmerizing one-man performance as Jan Karski, a WWII Polish resistance fighter, whose testimony was emotionally given in Claude Lanzmann’s "Shoah."
In the midst of shocking family revelations, a young filmmaker is diagnosed with terminal cancer. What follows is an intimate and darkly humorous journey of a family’s attempt to make sense of their upended past and disrupted future.
With extraordinary access, All We Carry follows Magdiel, Mirna, and their son Josh, as the young family flees Honduras on foot, rides in cargo trains across Mexico, claims asylum at the U.S. border, and endures detention.
The 42nd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (July 21 – August 7, 2022) presents over 70 films, events, parties, panels, and conversations in San Francisco, the East Bay, and online. SFJFF is dedicated to celebrating excellence in independent cinema that showcases the diversity of global Jewish life. KQED readers can use the code KQED32 for a discount on all tickets, passes, and packages to the Festival.
The 44th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (July 18 – August 4, 2024) presents over 65 films, events, parties, panels, and conversations in San Francisco and the East Bay. SFJFF is dedicated to celebrating excellence in independent cinema that showcases the diversity of global Jewish life. KQED readers can use the code KQED44 for a discount on all tickets, passes, and packages to the Festival.