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A la vie (To Life)
A la vie (To Life)
Three women, Auschwitz survivors, are reunited 15 years after the war. They spend a holiday at a seaside resort in northern France. Set at the start of the ’60s, the era’s bright colors and cheerful music mark the end of one period in their lives and the start of another. Friendships forged in horror begin anew with tasty ice cream cones, stylish bikinis, a romantic adventure and basking in the sun.
The Lab
The Lab
How does a small country like Israel become the world’s third largest weapons manufacturer and exporter? And how does the never-ending fighting in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank help Israel invent, develop and test its military products and innovations before selling them to the highest bidder? In this chilling documentary we go on a surreal journey into the world of arms dealing and security exporting in Israel.
Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold
Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold
Reviving Henrietta Szold’s legacy, Labors of Love offers a thought-provoking look at a woman who reshaped history through resilience, compassion, and an unwavering belief in the power of humanity.
Labyrinth of Lies
Labyrinth of Lies
A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.
Labyrinth of Peace Episodes 1-3
Labyrinth of Peace Episodes 1-3
High-budget portrait of an industrial family dynasty. Inspired by true yet little-known events in post-WWII “neutral” Switzerland. From the producers of European box-office hit HEIDI.
Labyrinth of Peace Episodes 4-6
Labyrinth of Peace Episodes 4-6
High-budget portrait of an industrial family dynasty. Inspired by true yet little-known events in post-WWII “neutral” Switzerland. From the producers of European box-office hit HEIDI.
Ladino - 500 Years Young
Ladino - 500 Years Young
Yasmin Levy is following in the footsteps of her father, Yitzhak Levy, a revered singer who recorded and documented the musical culture of Ladino, the ancient language of the Jews of Spain. Now Yasmin is trying to preserve the songs of an endangered culture. Ladino follows this electrifying Israeli singer on a singing tour in Spain that includes her tour-de-force performance at a world music festival in Madrid.
The Lady in Number 6
The Lady in Number 6
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Lady Kul El-Arab
Lady Kul El-Arab
Duah Fares, a spirited Druze Arab from Israel’s Galilee, is caught between cultures when she enters the Miss Israel pageant. The Israelis force her to choose national loyalties, and the village traditionalists turn the carnival mood from upbeat to ominous. The suspense is heightened as Duah defiantly attempts to remain in competition. Against this landscape of runway competition and exploitation, Duah will make a decision that is guaranteed to provoke controversy.
Lake 68
Lake 68
Two films about the little-known anti-Semitic hysteria that gripped Poland in 1967 and ’68, when political unrest resulted in the expulsion of some 20,000 Polish Jews: In Lake 68, expelled families return each summer to the lake in Poland where they once took refuge; in Gdanski Railway Station, join the poignant reunion of some of the assimilated Polish Jewish citizens who were forced out of their homes, jobs and universities and exiled to Israel.
Lalo's Jerusalem
Lalo's Jerusalem
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Landscape After Battle
Landscape After Battle
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Landscapes of Memory
Landscapes of Memory
While living and working in Germany, filmmaker Leah Galant reckons with family trauma and the the historical memory of the Holocaust. Stories of a Holocaust-survivor descendant, a Nazi-descendant historian, exiled Palestinian artists, and her father living with ALS reveal the uses and abuses of memory culture.
The Last and Only Survivor of Flora
The Last and Only Survivor of Flora
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The Last Blintz
The Last Blintz
The closing of the Cafe Edison (aka the Polish Tea Room), the Broadway diner immortalized in Neil Simon's 45 Seconds from Broadway, is not just a story about another famous show business haunt shutting its doors, but the fading away of a piece of America's past.
Last Dance
Last Dance
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The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier
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The Last Jewish Town
The Last Jewish Town
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The Last Klezmer
The Last Klezmer
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The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh explores the role of humor and its limitations in confronting tragic events, including the Holocaust. It is a journey across a comedic landscape marked by speed bumps, caution signs and potholes big enough to swallow a clown car. Comedic giants like Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Sarah Silverman will leave you laughing and appreciating the importance of humor even in the face of events that make you want to cry. - Mark Valentine
The Last Letter
The Last Letter
Frederick Wiseman’s first narrative film, THE LAST LETTER (LA DERNIERE LETTRE) is the story of a Russian Jewish woman who composes a farewell letter to her son in 1941, knowing that she will probably be murdered. Based on the novel, Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman, The film centers on a riveting solo performance by Catherine Samie of the Comédie-Française.
The Last Marranos
The Last Marranos
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The Last Mentsch
The Last Mentsch
Auschwitz survivor Marcus Schwarz has denied his Jewish heritage all his life. Now an old man, he wants to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. He enlists a young Turkish woman to drive him to his birthplace in Hungary, and the unlikely duo set out on a road trip that will irrevocably change them both. Poignant, funny and deeply moving, The Last Mentsch is a powerful, emotional journey.
The Last Sea
The Last Sea
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The Last Sentence
The Last Sentence
During World War II, few Swedes dared to speak up against the evil around them. Among those who did, nobody was as uncompromising as Swedish journalist Torgny Segerstedt. The Last Sentence chronicles his chaotic and dramatic life, including his long-term affair with his Jewish mistress. Written and directed by renowned Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell, whose epic films The Emigrants and The New Land made him an international figure in the 1970s.
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank
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The Last Stop
The Last Stop
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The Last Suit
The Last Suit
A cantankerous 88-year-old has waited to fulfill a promise to a friend who helped him escape the Holocaust.
The Last White Knight
The Last White Knight
Forty-three years after being assaulted by notorious Klansman Delay de la Beckwith on the way to a courthouse in Greenwood, Mississippi, filmmaker and activist Paul Saltzman returns to the same spot to face his former adversary. What follows is a chilling conversation about history and the current state of race relations. Mississippi transplant Morgan Freeman and singer/activist Harry Belafonte comment on that ugly time, not so long ago.
Late Summer Blues
Late Summer Blues
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Latter Day Jew
Latter Day Jew
A Gay comedian from the Midwest grows up Mormon, gets diagnosed with cancer at age 30, then shortly after converts to Judaism. He goes on a journey to "become a man" and become a Bar Mitzvah boy at age 35. Funny, poignant and resonant for these times, it's a story about identity, belonging and what it means to find out who you really are.
Laundry Blues
Laundry Blues
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Lauren Greenhall: Zelda
Lauren Greenhall: Zelda
In an ultra-orthodox Jewish community where married women wear wigs, the charismatic owner of the a beloved wig salon gets divorced and begins resenting the practice.
The Law in These Parts
The Law in These Parts
Inventive Israeli filmmaker Ra’anan Alexandrowicz (Inner Tour, SFJFF 2001; James’ Journey to Jerusalem) conducts an award-winning investigation into the legal system that has governed Palestinians in the West Bank since the 1967 war. Interviewing the judges and lawyers entrusted with interpreting the law, the filmmaker raises the core issue: Can a modern democracy impose a prolonged military occupation on another people while retaining its core democratic values? [MINIGUIDE 67/70]
The Law
The Law
Leave it to the French to come up with a sexy, riveting film about the legislative process. Emmanuelle Devos (The Other Son; Rue Mandar)gives a smoldering, spellbinding performance as Simone Veil, the groundbreaking health minister and leading force behind the legalization of abortion in France in 1975. With its noir look and artful pacing, the film instills the backroom dealings with all of the edge-of-your-seat tension of a true-crime thriller.
Layla
Layla
Layla’s hair is fed up with the silence and oppression she suffers, so one day it decides to disrupt her complacency.