Monday, May 12 at 5:00 PM ~ Dancing in Jaffa
Sponsored by WNIT
For generations, Jaffa has been a city divided by two communities that continue to
grow increasingly apart. Over a ten-week period, Pierre Dulaine, four-time ballroom
dancing world champion, teaches Jewish and Palestinian Israeli children to dance and
compete together, confirming his belief that dance can overcome hatred and provide
the first steps towards real change.
Monday, May 12 at 7:30 PM ~ The Attack
Sponsored by Uptown Dining Group
Amin Jaafari is an Israeli Palestinian surgeon, fully assimilated into Tel Aviv society. His life is turned upside down after a suicide bombing in which Sihem, Amin's wife who died in the attack, was responsible. Convinced of his wife's innocence, Amin enters the Palestinian territories in pursuit of answers to questions he never thought he would be asking.
Tuesday, May 13 at 5:00 PM
~ Reporting on the Times: The New York Times and the Holocaust
This short documentary explores how the New York Times handled
reports of the Holocaust and examines whether it was a simple oversight or the effects of
fear of anti-Semitic backlash.
~ Shadow In Baghdad
An Iraqi journalist sets out to research Linda Abdul Aziz, and Iraqi Jew who escaped to Israel in the 70's and whose father disappeared in Baghdad. Their correspondence slowly uncovers the truth of her father and the fate of the Iraqi Jewish community as a whole.
Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30 PM ~ Aftermath
Sponsored by WVPE Public Radio
Franek, the older brother, returns home to Poland after living for many years in Chicago and discovers that his younger brother, Jozek, is being mysteriously threatened and shunned by local townspeople. When the brothers discover a secret, they are forced to revise their perception of their father, their family, their neighbors and the history of their nation.
Wednesday, May 14 at 5:00 PM~ Closed Season
On a remote farm in the Black Forest, a German farmer and his wife shelter a Jewish man who's fleeing the Nazis. Unable to father a child, the impotent farmer strikes a deal: The young man on the run will sleep with the farmer's wife in the hope that she will become pregnant. In return, he is offered sanctuary.
Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30 ~ Bethlehem
Razi, an Israeli secret service officer and his Palestinian informant Sanfur must navigate their relationship as Sanfur struggles against the demands of Razi as well as his loyalty to his brother.
Thursday, May 15 at 5:00 PM ~ Ida
Sponsored by the Glick Family Foundation
In Poland, 1962, Anna is preparing to take her vows as a nun, but first, embarks on a journey to visit Wanda, her only living relative. Once there, Anna discovers that she is, in fact, Jewish. With Wanda, she begins to explore their tragic family past as well as who they are, and where they belong.
Thursday, May 15 at 7:30 PM
~ Wherever You Go
On the way to her sister's Orthodox wedding, estranged Zohara
crosses paths with Meriman, a Bedouin woman fleeing from her own arranged wedding.
~ Under The Same Sun
Sponsored by MPA Architects & The Eco-Urban Collaborative
The story of an unlikely partnership between two businessmen, one Israeli, one Palestinian, to bring solar energy to the Palestinian territories. What starts as a business proposal turns into a political mission to lift the needs of the people above what is politically popular.
