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saw 380 film entries over seven weeks
story that "the Jews killed Christ."
leading up to this year's festival before
The movie ends with a universalized
the 114 films were finalized. Thirty film-
elegy for all crucified people and races.
makers are vying for $16,000 in award
A filmmaker for almost 20 years,
money. About 5,000 festival attendees
Rosenblatt has been teaching film for
will see the films over the six days, main-
12 years while rotating among colleges
ly in the evenings, while the mornings
in the San Francisco Bay area. He
are devoted to seminars and workshops.
recently received Guggenheim and
The films range in length from as short
Rockefeller fellowships.
as one minute to two hours.
King of the Jews aims to shift Jesus'
The festival is supported each year by legacy from guilt and retribution to
a grant from the Michigan Council for
healing," he said in an interview. "I
Arts and Cultural Affairs, and recently
think a lot of damage has been done
received a coveted grant ($12,000) from
in the name of Jesus, and this goes
the prestigious National Endowment
against the very teaching of Jesus him-
for the Arts (NEA).
self. I hope the film cuts through
"A grant from the NEA validates
much of the misperceptions and lies
the festival's underlying belief that film
about Jesus, and allows people to
is a unique and beautiful art form,"
focus on what he really did stand for
said Honeyman. "It also reinforces our
— forgiveness and love."
conviction that, despite the rapidly
In Memory, to be shown at 9:30 p.m.
accelerating digital age, celluloid is still
Wednesday, is Abraham Ravett's tribute
a very unique, exciting and viable
and memorial to members of his family
medium."
and all others who died under Nazi
After the opening free reception at 7
occupation in World War II.
p.m. Tuesday, March 14, King of the Jews
Born in Poland and raised in Israel,
will launch the festival at 8 p.m. The
Ravett came to the U.S. in 1955. He
movie's creator is Jay Rosenblatt, who
has been making films for 20 years,
wowed audiences at the famed
receiving grants from several presti-
Sundance Film Festival with Human
gious foundations. Ravett teaches
Remains, which went on to win 26
filmmaking and photography at
awards.
Hampshire College in Massachusetts.
The 18-minute King of the Jews is
Seven of In Memory's 13 minutes
divided into three chapters and utilizes
consist of "captured Nazi war film" —
Hollywood movies, personal home
the only archival footage of the ghetto
movies, old educational
filmstrips and religious
film clips. It depicts the
filmmaker's uneasy
childhood relationship
he 38th annual Ann Arbor At Festival will
to Jesus Christ, evoking
be held from Tuesday, March 14, through
the many myths and
Sunday, March 19, at the Michigan Theater, 603
memories of his child-
Liberty St., Ann Arbor. Free seminars and work-
hood.
shops, facilitated by David Gatten, a filmmaking
Rosenblatt recalls
instructor at the School of the Art Institute of
how he was stunned to
Chicago, will take place at 10 a.m. and 12:30
learn at age 8, while
p.m. Wednesday through Saturday Free dance
watching King of Kings
and music performances will be held at 8 p.m,
at New York's Radio
Tuesday and 7 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday
City Music Hall, that
Film show times are 8 p.m. Tuesday (after the
Jesus was a Jew. "When
free
7 p.m. reception); 7, 8 and 9:30 p.m.
I was a little boy, I was
Wednesday;
7, 8, 9:30 and II p.m. Thursday and
scared to death of Jesus
Friday; 2, 7, 8 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, and the
Christ," he says as the
winners screenings at 5, 7 and 9 p.m. Sunday
film opens. It then looks
Tickets
cost $7 for one show Tuesday-Sunday;
at the roots of Christian
$12
for
two shows Wednesday through Saturday;
antisemitism and cites
$15
for
three Thursday, Friday and Saturday, plus
historians' recent shift in
$5 for the Saturday matinee, and $7 for each
thinking about the Jews'
Sunday winner show. A package of tickets for the
role in the crucifixion.
entire week costs $50.
The controversial
Daily tickets are sold only on the day of the
film even suggests that
film's showing at the Michigan Theater Box
the Holocaust, and pos-
Office, which is open one hour before show time.
sibly World War II
For
a film schedule or ticket information, call
itself, were the direct
(734)
995-5356 or visit the festival's Web site at
result of the centuries-
http://aafilmfestorg.
long transmittal of the
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