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in Bon Papa: A Man
Under German Occupation
in Leaving the Fold
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Germany/Israel, 2008,120 min., English
Sponsored by Heidi & Jeff Budaj, Susie
& Steve Feldman
Based on the 1968 novel by Yoram
Kaniuk, "Adam Resurrected" depicts the
experiences of Adam Stein (Jeff Goldblum).
A popular entertainer in Berlin, Stein is
sent to a concentration camp when the
Nazis come to power. To save himself, he
must serve the evil Commandant Klein
(Willem Dafoe) - who takes tremendous
pleasure in dehumanizing Stein. Years later,
Stein's suppressed grief emerges, and he is
sent to a psychiatric asylum for Holocaust
survivors. While there, he meets a boy who
thinks he is a dog. Adam relives his own
traumatic past but remains determined
to help the boy transcend his thoughts
and receive redemption.
France, 2007, 69 min., French
Sponsored by the Jewish Community
Center of Greater Ann Arbor, Patricia
& Michael Levine
Leila Ferault sets out to explore the mystery
of her gentile paternal grandfather and the
strange family silence about his activities in
Vichy, France, during World War II. On the
maternal side of her family, Ferault's
grandparents were victims of the Holocaust.
This soul-searching film takes viewers into
an emotional labyrinth where responsibility
for the past must be weighed against the
reality of family and blood.
Filmmaker Leila Ferault will speak following
film showings in Commerce and Ann Arbor.
ED City of Borders
WARNING: This film contains graphic scenes,
disturbing images and sexual content.
Best Documentary, International Festival of
Cinema and Religion, Rome (2009)
USA, 2009, 67 min., English, Hebrew
and Arabic
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Gay
Network of Michigan
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Aviva is a cook at a hotel in Tiberius and
secretly a talented writer. The only person
aware of Aviva's gift is her sister, Anita.
Full of life, free-spirited Anita encourages
her sister to share her writing with Oded,
a well-known writer who ultimately mentors
Aviva in this touching film about making
dreams come true.
Follow five young people born and raised
within the haredi (extreme right-wing,
anti-Zionist) world who no longer wish to
remain on the inside. As children, they grew
up in a closed society where deviation from
the rules was unthinkable; as young adults,
they pay a steep price for abandoning their
community.
Yet there are happy endings, too. Two
young men who have left the haredi world
are able to maintain a relationship with
their father, a rabbi. They disagree about
religion, but familial ties - along with
respect and honest dialogue - are never
abandoned.
Best Documentary and Complex Identities
Award Winner, Religion Today International
Film Festival
M Aviva My Love
r7,111), Israel, 2006,107 min., Hebrew
!__ Sponsored by Andi & Larry Wolfe
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USA/Canada/Israel, 2008, 52 min.
English, French and Hebrew
Co-sponsored by Barbara & Douglas
Bloom, Sheri & David Jaffa
"City of Borders" follows the daily lives of
five Israelis and Palestinians at Jerusalem's
only gay bar, the Shushan. Set against the
construction of the separation wall between
Israel and the Palestinian territories
and the struggle for a gay pride parade in
Jerusalem, these interwoven stories reveal
the contradictions and complexity of the
struggle for acceptance.
Winner, Teddy Audience Award,
Berlin International Film Festival
Best International Feature,
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Best Documentary,
Barcelona Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Become a 2010 Lenore Marwil
and join us for our private patron event
featuring author, actor and director
Joshua Sinclair
Thursday, Apri
Call 248.432.5461 for details.
WARNING: Sexual content
Following the film, please join us for a unique
community event featuring local GLBT
panelists comparing life in Israel and the
Arab world.
MI 248.432.5461
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