Join us for the second night of the 5th Annual Michiana Jewish Film Festival at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.  Legends will be at the DeBartolo prior to the 5:30 PM film each evening to take dinner orders to be delivered to the DeBartolo between the 5:30 PM and 8:00 PM films. 

For complete descriptions and trailers, please visit the
Michiana Jewish Film Festival by clicking here.

Tickets can be purchased through the DeBartolo's box office at
574-631-2800 or online at performingarts.nd.edu.

Tuesday, May 12 at 5:30 PM

Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion
Hannah Cohen can't wait to make her First Holy Communion. One problem:
she's Jewish! Set in 1970s Dublin, this winning short film explores a
rarely-glimpsed Ireland, as seen through the eyes of spirited seven-year-old.
13 minutes - General Audiences

   

Little White Lie

Sponsored by St. Joseph Regional Medical Center

Lacey Schwartz grew up in an ordinary upper-middle-class household in Woodstock, New York, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity. Despite open questions from those around her about how a white girl could have such dark skin, she believes her family's explanation that her looks were inherited from her Sicilian grandfather. But after her parents abruptly split, she uncovers her true heritage in this moving personal documentary about the legacy of family secrets and denial, and the power of telling the truth.
65 minutes - Appropriate for audiences over 12 years of age

Tuesday, May 12 at 8:00 PM

Transit

English, Hebrew and Tagalog with English subtitles

The 2014 Academy Award submission from the Philippines,Transit explores the intersecting stories of Filipinos in Tel Aviv.  A domestic worker on an expired visa struggles to hide her half-Israeli daughter and four-year old nephew from immigration authorities who regularly patrol the neighborhood to support a law deporting the children of migrant workers.
 93 minutes - Appropriate for audiences over 12 years of age