hree MinutesβA Lengthening incorporates history, home movies, the Holocaust, memory and the importance of capturing images.
Keep ReadingIn September 1941, on the banks of the Babi Yar ravine, some 34,000 Jewish men, women, and children were rounded up, shot, and buried in the loose sand. It was the beginning
Keep ReadingMuranΓ³w is about a neighbourhood full of ghosts. The old Jewish district of the Polish city, MuranΓ³w became the site of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Warsawβs Jews were corralled
Keep ReadingShelter is a documentary of dichotomies. βI feel that I had the best life. I also think that I had the worst life that anybody in this world can have, forever,β says
Keep ReadingVladimir Dvorkin was a prolific artist who painted thousands of beautiful portraits during his lifetime. One wouldnβt know it, however, from gallery catalogues, exhibition reviews, or Google searches. One wouldnβt even know
Keep ReadingThe winner of the 2017 Corus-Hot Docs Forum Pitch Prize, Israeli director Michal Weitsβ Blue Box links her family story linked to bitter debates about Israelβs founding. The filmmakerβs great-grandfather, Joseph (Yosef)
Keep ReadingFor decades, Jason Sherman has been exploring the notion of what it means to uphold the expectations a good Jewish life. He uses his experience growing up in Canada to reflect upon
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Keep ReadingReviews of the Oscar-shortlisted short docs Hunger Ward, Colette, A Concerto Is a Conversation, Hysterical Girl, and Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa.
Keep ReadingOutremont and the Hasidim (Canada, 52 min.) Dir. Eric Scott What is the Yiddish word forΒ NIMBY? A quick Google search doesnβt quite yield a perfect translation, but βschmuckβ captures the term justly.Β NIMBYs,
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