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Keep Not Silent

Keep Not Silent reveals the clandestine lives of three women, all of them pious, Orthodox Jews, and all of them lesbians. A stunning, compassionate documentary.

Keep Quiet

Extreme in his anti-Semitic beliefs and denial of the Holocaust, Csanád Szegedi rose up through the ranks to a leading position in Hungary’s far-right Jobbik Party, and became a member of the European Parliament. At the height of his political career, documentation surfaced showing that Szegedi’s maternal grandparents were Jewish. In a stunning about-face, Szegedi chose to explore his Jewish roots, study Judaism and make a trip to Auschwitz with Holocaust survivors. —Sara L. Rubin

Opening Night: Keep the Change

Under the guise of a New York romantic comedy, Keep the Change does something quite radical: In a refreshingly honest way it portrays two adults on the autistic spectrum. David desperately wants to be seen as “normal,” but Sarah accepts who she is. Together they navigate the vicissitudes of a burgeoning relationship. Writer/director Rachel Israel has an obvious affection for her characters, which infuses this poignant and funny film from the first frame to the last.

Keeper, The

The film details the journey of Bert Trautmann in his rise from German World War II soldier to English footballing legend.

Ken Paul Rosenthal: Julie Vinograd: Between Spirit and Stone

A documentary about a street poet who threw bubbles instead of bricks.

Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will

The irreverent Kenny Hotz, former South Park writer and the creator and star of the hit television series Kenny vs. Spenny, has a new creation: Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will. Always unpredictable, a tad crude, but never without heart, Hotz stops at nothing to succeed in a series of Herculean tasks: landing his 75-year-old mother a boyfriend, getting Jews to build a mosque for Muslims and reconciling with the French.

Key from Spain

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Khroustaliov, My Car!

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Kid Yamaka

In this deeply human story, Emmy-nominated director Matt Ogens profiles up-and-coming boxer Zachary "Kid Yamaka" Wohlman and explores Wohlman's troubled background in Los Angeles, his training under world-class coach Freddie Roach and his path to personal redemption through boxing, Judaism and sobriety.

King Bibi

The remarkable and controversial story of Benjamin Netanyahu's rise to power, reflected through four decades of public appearances that changed Israel forever.

The King of Crown Heights

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King of the Jews

The figure of Jesus terrified Jewish filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt as a boy. King of the Jews is a brilliant and sometimes campy reflection on the powerful image of the Savior.

King of the Roaring 20's- The Story of Arnold Rothstein

King of the Roaring 20’s—The Story of Arnold Rothstein is a tale of ambition and the corruption of a nice Jewish boy. An Irish cop brings young Arnold home to his old-world father, who turns to mother Esther and says, “This boy has a dybbuk in him.” As Rothstein grows up, he strategically navigates New York’s Democratic politicians, the police, the Saratoga racetrack and the vicissitudes of love and luck.

The Kingdom of Survival

M.A. Littler’s film is one part travelogue and one part paean to eight radical thinkers—including Noam Chomsky, Joe Bageant and Bob Meisenbach—who have tried to make the world a better place. If you are uncomfortable with questioning capitalism, then stay home and check your investments online. If you are interested in questioning authority as a form of tikkun olam, then this beautifully filmed exploration of ideas is for you. [MINIGUIDE 70/70]

The King's Daughter

The King’s Daughter, centered on the wedding of a Rabbi’s granddaughter in Jerusalem, is a rare exploration of the world of Hasidic women.

Kings of Capitol Hill

Founded in the 1960s as a grassroots lobbying group, AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, has grown into one of the most powerful organizations in US politics. Never one to shy away from controversial topics, Israeli director Mor Loushy (The Oslo Diaries, Censored Voices) has gained unprecedented access to some of AIPAC’s key insiders, crafting an extensively detailed, and largely untold, history of the pro-Israel lobby and their methods.

Kings Point

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Kinky Friedman: Proud To Be An Asshole From El Paso

Kinky Friedman is a Jewish country musician, raconteur, mystery writer, bon vivant and high profile agitator against the politically correct. Too smart for country and too country for the intelligentsia, Kinky Friedman and his band, The Texas Jewboys paved the way for a lot of unconventional country acts.preceded by 72 VIRGINS, WORST JEWISH FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE WORLD, and A GOOD UPLIFT

Kippah

Based on actual events, this film tells the story of 15-year-old Oskar who newly visits a multi-cultural high school.

Kippur

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A Kiss Is a Kiss Is a Kiss

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A Kiss to This Land

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Kit Vincent: Red Herring

When 24-year-old director Kit Vincent receives a terminal diagnosis, his first instinct is to turn on his camera and embark on an emotional, spiritual and darkly humorous journey.

Klaira's Story

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The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground

Defying categorization, the geniuses of world music–klezmer fusion known as the Klezmatics have been breaking ground by continually redefining Jewish music for more than 20 years. Now they get their own movie: part concert film, part backstage drama, part affectionate lesson in remixing Yiddish culture, klezmer, gospel and Woody Guthrie. Their infectious concerts and on-camera candor make for a rousing behind-the-scenes documentary covering four up-and-down years in the life of the band. Join members of the band and the director for a festive Closing Night celebration at the Castro Theatre; Berkeley Opening Night features a post-film reception in the Roda courtyard.

A Knock on the Door

The late Assi Dayan stars as a successful writer coerced at gunpoint to deliver a good story in this absurdist yarn based on an Etgar Keret short story.

Knowledge Is the Beginning

Conductor Daniel Barenboim believes that “a life without music is impoverished.” In the 1990s, Barenboim and the late Palestinian-born writer Edward Said created the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, comprising talented young musicians from Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Tunisia. The film, an unusual hybrid of a concert movie and a documentary about artistic diplomacy, eloquently chronicles the life of the orchestra.

The Komediant

This entertaining portrait of one of Yiddish theater's most popular troupes follows the Burstyn family through Europe and Israel all the way to Second Avenue. Rare clips from musicals, dramatic films and the family's home movies are interspersed with recent interviews with the last remaining icons of the Golden Age of Yiddish theater.

Korczak

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Kosher Cop

It's all about fire, water, and unlimited cell phone minutes. Kosher Cop explores the hectic life of a Berkeley rabbi who kosherizes restaurants and production plants throughout Northern California.

Koudelka Shooting Holy Land

Award-winning Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka captures within the frame of his lens how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has changed the landscape of the Holy Land. This documentary shows the man behind the camera, one who is relentless in pursuit of his craft but increasingly dismayed at seeing a land that is holy to multiple faiths disfigured by the erection of walls, barricades and security checkpoints. Preceded by The Man Who Shot Hollywood. —Mark Valentine

Kristallnacht

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Kun 65

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Kurt Gerron's Karussell

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KZ is radical for a Holocaust documentary. Using no archival footage, interviews with scholars, music or re-creations, KZ instead focuses on the right now of the infamous town of Mauthausen, Austria. Introducing us to town residents and concentration camp tour guides, the film exposes everyday life in this picturesque hamlet that must live under--or perhaps try to forget--the shadow cast by the camp in its midst.

La Amiga

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