DEFIANT REQUIEM tells the little-known story of the Nazi concentration camp, Terezin. Led by imprisoned conductor Rafael Schächter, the inmates of Terezin fought back...with art and music. Through hunger, disease and slave labor, the Jewish inmates of Terezin hold onto their humanity by... read more
Joseph is a regular eighteen-year-old who writes folk songs and plays the guitar. He has never looked much like the other members of his family, but they have always been a tight knit clan. When he reports for his pre-induction interview prior to his army service, a blood test reveals that he is... read more
A Sunday Morning Bagel and a Movie Event - Bagels served at 10am are provided courtesy of Sollys Bagelry. Film begins at 10:30 Culture is no longer a static body of knowledge, values, practices and expressions shared and passed on by a community. It is a dynamic reality. The Power of Art:... read more
Closing Gala Film followed by 24th Annual Wrap Party - Doc Pomus was the most unlikely of rock & roll icons. Paralyzed with polio as a child, Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder reinvented himself first as a blues singer, renaming himself Doc Pomus, then as a songwriter, creating some of the greatest... read more
Academy Award winning best director (“The Artist”) Michel Hazanavicius and best actor Jean Dujardin made this politically incorrect spy spoof. With perfect casting and set decoration, the French secret agent OSS 117 (in a not so subtle reference to Bond’s 007) is sent on a... read more
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