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The Conspiracy

Documentarian Maxim Pozdorovkin employs historical research and creative storytelling to combat the fallacy of the “secret cabal” that has served as the bedrock of anti-Semitism. Narrated by Mayim Bialik, and including the voice talents of Liev Schreiber and Jason Alexander.

Judith Helfand: Freedom of Expression Award 2019 | COOKED: Survival by Zip Code

In July 1995, a heat wave overtook Chicago: high humidity and a layer of heat-retaining pollution drove the heat index up to more than 126 degrees. City roads buckled, rails warped, electric grids failed, thousands became ill and people began to die - by the hundreds. Cooked tells the story of this heat wave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 Chicago citizens died in a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. Balancing serious and somber with her respectful, albeit ironic and and signature quirkly style, Peabody award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand explores this drama that, when peeled away, reveals the less newsworthy but long-term crisis of pernicious poverty, economic, and social isolation and racism. Cooked is a story about life, death, and the politics of crisis in an American city.

Count the Lenins on My Back

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Crime After Crime

Yoav Potash’s documentary is a shattering chronicle of Deborah Peagler, an African American woman imprisoned for the 1983 murder of her horribly abusive boyfriend. After a law passes allowing survivors of domestic violence to appeal their sentences, two idealistic lawyers, one an Orthodox Jew, become convinced they can set her free. This is a staggering account of a fight against injustice and a suspect system still imprisoning hundreds of thousands of women across America today.

A Crime on the Bayou

Filmmaker Nancy Buirski (The Loving Story) tells the story of a lasting bond formed between an unjustly arrested Black man, Gary Duncan, and Richard Sobol, his young Jewish attorney.

Crimes and Misdemeanors

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The Critic

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Crossing Delancey

A contemporary romantic comedy in which single, sophisticated Isabelle confronts family tradition when her grandmother hires a matchmaker to find her a marriage prospect.

Crossroads

Meet the determined young African American high schoolers in Charlotte whose lives change when they encounter an inspiring coach.

Current Events

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Dancing in Jaffa

World champion ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine has a dream: to see Jewish and Palestinian Israeli children dance together. A passionate man with humble beginnings in Jaffa, he returns to attempt what seems to be an impossible feat: teaching children ballroom dance in a divided society. With warmth and tenderness, this inspiring documentary captures the children’s amazing transformation, offering hope that for a new generation Dulaine’s dream will become reality.

Dancing With My Father

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Danny Says

A dazzling trip through the entertaining life of Danny Fields, the little-known Jewish godfather of punk rock and provocative record "company freak" who discovered legendary underground music pioneers the MC5, Iggy Pop, and the Ramones. Drawn from a breathtaking trove of rare footage and audio recordings, this fascinating chronicle is capped by the wry and wistful reminiscence of Fields himself, the tastemaker who just may have been responsible for breaking up the Beatles.

The Darkest Light

After Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach is posthumously accused of abuse, his daughter and survivors grapple with a beloved legacy and the silence that protected it.

The Darkest Light: Best First Feature Award Winner

Winner of the SFJFF46 Best First Feature Award. After Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach is posthumously accused of abuse, his daughter and survivors grapple with a beloved legacy and the silence that protected it.

Daughterland

A father attempts to hide his mysterious past for his whole life. His daughter spends 35 years trying to get him to share his secrets.

Daughters of Abraham

Daughters of Abraham: These teenagers looked so alike they could have been sisters -- instead, one was a Palestinian suicide bomber, the other her Israeli Jewish victim. A portrait of two lives on a fateful collision course.

David Santamaria: Harriet

A film about filmmaker David Santamaria's Aunt Harriet, who was one of New York City’s first female cab drivers.

Deaf Heaven

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Dealers Among Dealers

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Death & Taxes

A view of wealth, inequality, and the American Dream through the lens of the estate tax—and the deeply personal story of a father and son.

Death and the Compass

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Death Metal Grandma

97 year old Holocaust survivor Inge Ginsberg's wants to be recognized as a death metal singer.

Deciding Vote

Fifty years ago, a now forgotten New York Republican assemblyman cast a single tiebreaking vote that legalized abortion in New York and laid the groundwork for Roe v. Wade.

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In deceptively naive black-and-white line drawings, animator Max Cohen (Tale of the Goat, SFJFF 2005) limns a wordless soldier’s tale-- a haunting miniature that is equal parts Beckett and Kafka.

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

Documentarian Nancy Buirski explores the tumultuous personal history of director John Schlesinger and the larger cultural and political groundswell that converged to create Midnight Cowboy, one of the defining turning points of American cinema.

The Devil We Know

Victims take on Dupont when they discover it has knowingly been using a toxic chemical.

Diamonds in the Snow

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Diane Warren: Relentless | Centerpiece Documentary

Diane Warren has penned songs for the world’s biggest stars, including Cher, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé. This in-depth documentary reveals the artist behind the songs.

Dina

Dina and Scott are in love and planning a wedding, a stressful time for most couples. But they are not a typical couple. Dina is a 49-year-old woman with a tragic past. Scott is a Walmart greeter who lives with his parents. Both are adults on the mental development spectrum for whom love, sexuality and independence are fraught with challenges. Dina chronicles this poignant time in their lives as they search for intimacy and acceptance.

Disposable Humanity

A family investigates the history and memory of the Nazi Aktion T4 program, which targeted over 300,000 disabled people and catalyzed the Holocaust.

Disturbing The Peace

This inspiring documentary finds a spirit of compassion and empathy in an unexpected place: among combatants from both sides of the Israeli/Palestinian divide. Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters come together to form Combatants for Peace, a nonviolent group that uses dialogue, theater and art to try to end the conflict. Disturbing the Peace doesn’t shy away from harsh realities and, somehow, still leaves you inspired. —Tamar FoxDirector Stephen Apkon in personPreceded by Hitchhikers, Dir. Yair Agmon

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