NYC PREMIERE Sixty-something Orthodox Jewish identical twins Abraham and Shraga live together in their childhood home in Brooklyn. Since the death of their parents, they have lost control of their surroundings, allowing trash to pile up and stray cats and vermin to move in. Forced into action by their neighbor, the brothers agree to let […]
NYC PREMIERE As one of the few remaining survivors of the Holocaust, Sonia has shared her inspirational story for years. More recently, after initial resistance, her daughter has joined her, taking on the legacy so that no one ever forgets. The colorful 90-year-old, filmmaker Leah Warshawski’s grandmother, has spent decades honoring another legacy, running her […]
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in New York City in 1968, the Jewish Defense League advocates any means necessary to stop antisemitism. Once considered the most active terrorist organization in the United States for its use of armed response and preventative violence, the JDL is currently led by Shelley Rubin. With candor, Mother […]
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Directed by Academy Award® winner Thomas Lennon and shot around the globe by 40 teams of filmmakers, Sacred immerses the viewer in an exploration of spirituality across cultures and religions. From a Buddhist monk’s 1,000-day circumnavigation of a mountain in Japan and Hasidic Jews’ ecstatic celebrations in Uman to Angola Prison inmates […]
NYC PREMIERE Naomi seems like a typical Orthodox Jewish preteen, but she happens to be the strongest girl in the world. Since breaking a powerlifting world record at the age of nine, her fame has spread from her northern New Jersey community around the globe. Supergirl follows Naomi over several years as she remains determined […]
NYC PREMIERE On the Map recounts how Tel Aviv’s underdog Maccabi basketball team toppled the Soviet Red Army team in 1977. The “miracle on hardwood” put Israel on the map in international sports. Filmmaker Dani Menkin (39 Pounds of Love) gains vivid interviews with the team’s players and NBA luminaries Bill Walton and David Stern. […]
NYC PREMIERE Kid Yamaka is a short film from multi-Emmy-nominated director Matt Ogens, profiling the eponymous LA-area boxer (real name: Zachary Wohlman). The 14-minute film is a deeply human story, diving into Wohlman’s troubled background, his training under world-class coach Freddie Roach, and his path to personal redemption through boxing, Judaism, and sobriety. Wohlman is […]
The sporting life. A 19-year-old Olympic fighter has the bout of his life in 86-32 (USA, 13 min., Randy Wilkins). Kid Yamaka (USA, 14 min., Matt Ogens) walks a path to personal redemption through boxing, Judaism and sobriety. A second chance allows a street-corner drug dealer to become a champion in The Boxer (USA, 15 […]
US PREMIERE The Alaev Family, a multigenerational family folk-rock group, has been performing for more than 50 years, blending Eastern European, Jewish and Roma influences in unforgettable performances. After the fall of the Soviet Union, their benevolent dictator, Papa Allo, moved his clan from their native Tajikistan to Israel, where he has continued to exert […]
NYC PREMIERE Beitar Jerusalem Football Club is the most controversial team in Israel. Loyal fans, known as La Familia, take pride in Beitar being the only team in its league that has never fielded an Arab player. In 2012, team owner Arcadi Gaydamak, a Russian-born billionaire with political aspirations, signs two Muslim players from Chechnya. […]