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North of 13 Mile Rd. • Farmington Hills
51195 Schoenherr
(586) 263-5353
(586) 731-6161
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April 27 • 2006
A Good Uplift: A 13-minute docu-
mentary about a lingerie shop on
New York's Lower East Side that has
survived into the 21st century (to be
shown in a triple bill with The New
Old Country and Yours for A Song:
The Women of Tin Pan Alley.
Beautiful Music: Orthodox Jewish
pianist Deborah Schramm teaches
piano to a blind and autistic
Palestinian girl in Israel during the
intifada in this Israeli documentary
(to be shown on a double bill with
Forgotten Refugees).
Green Chariot: This drama portrays
a 22-year-old Russian immigrant to
Israel who persuades himself he is
Jewish until the mailman delivers a
package from Ukra'ine (to be shown
in a double bill with Wasserman).
Becoming Rachel: An American
coming-of-age story set during the
Great Depression, this story of 13-
year-old Rachel and her quest to
feed her family is intended for family
viewing (to be shown on a double bill
with Nicholas Winton: The Power of
Good).
Hineni: Coming Out in a Jewish High
School: The struggle to start a gay-
straight alliance at the New Jewish
High School of Greater Boston
through the experiences of one of
the school's religiously devout stu-
dents (to be shown in a double bill
with Keep Not Silent):
Campfire: A fictional mother with
.two daughters debates a move
to a West Bank settlement after
the death of her husband in this
thoughtful drama (preceded by the
humorous short West Bank Story).
A Cantor's Tale: Cantor Jack
Mendelson, featured in last year's
Gottlieb Prize-winning film A
Triumph of the Spirit, is profiled in
this 90-minute biography (preceded
by the six-minute short Shalom. •
Columbia, The Tragic Loss: This
documentary about the 2003 crash
of the U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia,
which took the life of Israeli astro-
naut Ilan Ramon (to be shown in a
double bill with One Flight for Us).
The Front: This vintage 1976 Woody
Allen film tells the story of the
McCarthy era blacklisting, with both,
Allen and Zero Mostel in pivotal roles
(preceded by West Bank Story).
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North of 23 Mile Rd. • Shelby Township
The Aryan Couple: This British
movie, made in 2004, takes place in
1944 Hungary, where an allegedly
Christian couple are the servants of
the elderly Jewish Herr Krauzenberg
(Martin Landau) and his wife.
The Frisco Kid: Gene Wilder. and
Harrison Ford star in this 1979 family
comedy about an immigrant rabbi•
crossing the badlands during the
Gold Rush on his way to a new con-
gregation in San Francisco.
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Go For Zucker: A German - made
comedy about Jews, this movie
centers on two brothers divided for
40 years by the Berlin Wall who are
forcefully reunited after the death of
their mother.
Forgotten Refugees: This documen-
tary weaves personal stories about
Israeli refugees from Middle Eastern
Jewish communities with footage
of a rescue mission and historical
analysis (to be shown in a double bill
with Beautiful Music).
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North of 19 Mile Rd. • Clinton Township
The Eighth Annual Lenore Marwil
Jewish Film Festival presents the fol-
lowing films from Sunday, April 30,
through Thursday, May 11. See the
accompanying schedule for dates,
times and locations.
Keep Not Silent: Winner of the
Israeli Oscar for Best Documentary,
this film profiles three Orthodox
Israeli women fighting for self-real-
ization, honesty and acceptance as
lesbians (to be shown in a double bill
with Hineni: Coming Out in a Jewish
High School).
King of the Corner: See Eli Wallach
and Peter Riegert (the Pickle Man
from Crossing Delancey) in . this story
of a barely successful businessman
and his eccentric father.
The Last Mogill: This biography
of temperamental movie executive
Lew Wasserman, who died in 2002,
recounts not only his accomplish-
ments but also his alleged mob con-
nections.
Long Shadows: Stories from a
Jewish Home: In a documentary
where tragedy is-leavened with
humor, three aged Holocaust survi-
vors face illness, dementia and death
ih an Australian nursing home (to be
shown in a double bill with Perla: The
Last of the Seven Dwarfs).
Monday Night Mayhem: The story
of the evolution of television's
Monday Night Football, starring John
Turturro as Howard Cosell.
Moving Heaven and Earth: This
documentary explores the culture of
the Abayudaya of Uganda, who have
lived a Jewish life since 1919 (to be
shown in a double bill with Tijuana
Jews).