Berlin '36
Oa Wrong Side of the Bus
® Reuniting the Rubins
Theatres: WB 4/25
Theatres: WB 4/26
Theatres: WB 4/26, M 4/29, Flint 4/29
Germany, 2009, 100 minutes, German, with English
subtitles
Australia, 2009, 56 minutes, English
UK, 2010, 97 minutes, English
Sponsored by Barbara & Michael Kratchman
Co-sponsored by the JCC Special Needs
Department, JARC
Sponsored by the Program for Holocaust Survivors
& Families, a service of Jewish Senior Life
Sponsored by Dulcie and Norman Rosenfeld*
Co-sponsored by ORT America, Michigan Region
Gretel Bergmann is a high jumper and one of
Germany's best hopes for a gold medal in the 1936
Olympics in Berlin. Just one problem: She's Jewish.
The United States - hearing that she is about to be
excluded - threatens to boycott the international
games. So the Nazis agree to let Gretel continue,
but they also bring in a competitor, an athlete
named Marie Ketteler, who seems to exemplify the
German ideal. But Marie is by no means what she
claims to be.
Berlin '36 is a fictionalized account of an extraor-
dinary true story of two Olympic hopefuls in Nazi
Germany. Absolutely astonishing!
Sidney Bloch, an internationally known professor
and psychiatrist, is on a mission of redemption.
He is preparing to head back to his home in South
Africa for his 40th medical school reunion, but he is
plagued by feelings of guilt for never speaking out
against apartheid.
After graduation in South Africa, Dr. Bloch left the
country and now he is about to return for the first
time. His son, Aaron, accompanies him and narrates
this touching documentary that is truly about the
road to forgiveness.
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Dreamcoat
My So-Called Enemy
"It's just one BIG happy family...calamity."
Timothy Spall and Honor Blackman lead this
hilarious cast through the trials and tribulations
of family!
At their grandmother's request, four very different
siblings come together after being estranged for
years. Their father has dreams of a relaxing
retirement, but that's put on hold when his mother
uses some good, old-fashioned Jewish guilt to make
the reunion happen.
Maybe you'll feel a bit differently about your own
family by the end of this film?
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Standing Silent
Theatres: WB 4/26
Theatres: WB 4/27
USA, 2010, 89 minutes, English, Hebrew and Arabic
with English subtitles
Sponsored by JCC of Greater Ann Arbor
Theatres: WB 4/26
Canada, 2010, 31 minutes, English
Sponsored by Barbara & Michael Kratchman
Co-sponsored by the JCC Special Needs
Department, JARC
In 1980, a group of families in Ottawa, Canada,
created Tamir, providing housing and social services
in a Jewish environment, for adults with develop-
mental disabilities. Last year, Tamir celebrated its
25th anniversary with a production of Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. It would
mark the first time, ever, that a theatre presented a
full performance involving professional actors,
community talent and adults with special needs.
Dreamcoat is a beautiful film that documents the
making of Tamir's play. Meet the dedicated and
talented staff who work together to create an
incredible show that opened to a full house.
248.661.1900
Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan -
Dearborn Office of the Provost
My So-Called Enemy begins with six girls who were
participants in Building Bridges for Peace during
the summer of 2002. What follows is seven years
of communication and relationships between the
Israeli and Palestinian girls. Filmmaker Lisa Gossels
describes her film as one about "multi-faith and
multi-cultural understanding and the important role
of women in building of peaceful communities."
2011 Winner Newport Beach Film Festival Jury Award
Best Documentary
2010 Winner Hamptons International Film Festival
Winner Jury Prize Best Conflict Resolution Film
USA, 2011, 84 minutes, English
Phil Jacobs, editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times,
former editor of the Detroit Jewish News and an
observant Jew, uncovered a scandalous story in his
community when a well-known rabbi and his son
were accused of sexual abuse.
Standing Silent explores how Jacobs went against
the pressure of his neighbors and the silence of a
community to break a story he felt compelled to
write. As a result, he was ostracized by his peers and
received death threats.
WARNING: This film contains strong subject
matter.
Please join us immediately after for a discussion with
invited speaker, Jamie Wraight from the University of
Michigan - Dearborn
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