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12:30pm Moses Ezekiel: Portrait of a Lost Artist - Regal Hollywood 11

Moses Ezekiel (1844-1917) was a world-famous American sculptor, who had been born and raised in a large Jewish family in Richmond, Virginia. Before becoming an artist, he was the first Jewish cadet to be enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute and as such faced some unusual situations, such as having to secure permission from the Board of Governors to visit his family for Passover. He was among a class of cadets who fought for the Confederacy in the 1864 Battle of New Market during the U.S. Civil War. After graduation he studied anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia, adding dramatic realism to his sculptures. Ezekiel died in Rome in 1917 and was interred at the foot of his work, the Confederate Memorial, in Arlington National Cemetery. This documentary film tells Ezekiel’s story, while also focusing on the modern-day debate over the presence of Confederate statues and monuments in the United States, including those made by Ezekiel.

Ticket Price | $15

3:30pm Welcome to Yiddishland - Regal Hollywood 11

A feature-length documentary about the progressive artists spearheading a global cultural renaissance of the endangered Yiddish language; by creating new art in an ancient language that speaks to our times. Welcome to Yiddishland offers an upbeat, witty and timely exploration of a global community of artists who are rediscovering and revitalizing the endangered Yiddish language. From Melbourne to Berlin, New York to Haifa, meet a diverse array of individuals who find solace, identity and inspiration in Yiddish language and culture.

Ticket Price | $15

7:00pm Between the Stone and the Flower = Regal Hollywood 11

Genie Milgrom spent decades searching for her Jewish heritage. Born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Miami Genie was schooled from grade school through college in the Roman Catholic religion. She had a deep-rooted feeling of not belonging to the Spanish Catholic environment she grew up in. Resulting from her research, Genie becomes firmly convinced that centuries before, her family was Jewish from the Iberian Peninsula. When she decides to convert to Orthodox Judaism, it causes a major shift in her family. With her husband, an Ashkenazi Jew with Romanian origins, Genie reaches the truth about her family and its history.

12:30pm The Glory of Life - Regal Hollywood 11

The Glory of Life profiles the last year in Franz Kafka’s life and its surprising love story. The power of love makes this the happiest time of his life. Kafka suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. In July 1923, Franz Kafka is convalescing on the Baltic Sea coast when he meets Dora Diamant and falls in love. Franz’s health deteriorates rapidly, they travel to a sanatorium in Austria. Set over the last year of Kafka’s life, the tale of Franz and Dora’s fragile time together in Germany juxtaposes the excitement and vitality of Weimar Berlin with Kafka’s indecision and failing health. Mediated through letters, telegraphs, and the telephone, Michael Kumpfmüller captures the exhilaration of modernity, and the essence of a friendship nourished by communication.

3:30pm Running on Sand

Aumari, a young Eritrean refugee who lives in Israel, is caught by the immigration police, and deported. While in the airport, he manages to escape at the last minute and runs straight into the hands of Maccabi Netanya’s football fans. He is mistaken for the new Nigerian striker soccer player who was enroute to Israel to help save the struggling team. With no prior soccer experience, Aumari plays along and somehow manages to reinvigorate the floundering soccer club. His survival depends on the success of the team. When his ruse is discovered, and he is forced to become a refugee again, will someone stand by his side, and will he manage, for the first time in his life, to stop running?

7:00pm Bella

Before female leaders like Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi, Bella Abzug blazed a path for them to follow. In 1970, when the United States was ruled by men, Bella Abzug challenged the status quo, running a successful campaign starting in the streets of New Youk and ending in the halls of Congress. With her trademark hat and Bronx swagger, Bella entered Congress with an agenda, fighting for equality for women, the LGBTQ community and trailblazing a path for leadership that reflected the broad diversity of the country. The most recognizable woman in politics also became the target of a Washington establishment resistant to change. Using never-before-seen home movies, audio, and newly discovered news footage, Bella! delves into a colorful and gritty era where one woman sacrificed her own political ambitions for future generations of female leadership.

Ticket Price | $15

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