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11 films at the JCC's Lenore
Marwil Jewish Film Festival will
be shown locally at the Berman
Center for the Performing Arts, 6600 W.
Maple Road, in West Bloomfield (WB), or
the Emagine Royal Oak, 200 N. Main St., in
Royal Oak (RO).
Other locations indude the Michigan
Theatre, 603 E. Liberty, in Ann Arbor and
the Flint Institute of Arts, 1120 Kearsley
Road, in Flint. To find out films and screen-
ing times for Ann Arbor (734-971-0990;
www.jccannarbotorg) and Flint (810-767-
5922); you also can go to http://filmfest.
jccdet.org/film-schedule/.
For a detailed schedule of events and
to purchase tickets for films in West
Bloomfield or Royal Oak, visit wwwjccdet.
org or call (248) 661-1900.
Tickets are $11 each and can be held at
will call, or will be mailed for an additional
$1 per ticket. Or purchase a patron pass,
which allows guests to see all films, for
$360, or a matinee pass (for any five 2 p.m.
screenings only) for $40 for JCC members
and $45 for nonmembers.
SUNDAY, APRIL 22
Salsa Tel Aviv: A funny take on foreign
workers in Israel. Noon (WB)
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the
Darkness: A biography of the author,
the creator of Tevye, by filmmaker Joseph
Dorman, a former Detroiter. 2 p.m. (WB)
Melting Away: A transgender child
returns to make peace with his dying
father. 5 p.m. (WB)
Buried Prayers: Survivors come to
Majdanek to unearth items buried by for-
mer prisoners. 8 p.m. (WB)
MONDAY, APRIL 23
Crime After Crime: A documentary
on the Debbie Peagler case, about a bat-
tered woman charged with murder. 2 p.m.
(WB)
The Rescuers: A study of rescuers in
times of genocide. 5 p.m. (WB)
Je T'aime, I Love You Terminal: A
romantic comedy of love lost and found.
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8 p.m. (WB)
TUESDAY, APRIL 24
No Way to Say Goodbye: The true
story of the Jews who found refuge in
Bolivia during the Holocaust.
Shown with:
We Are Still Here: A grandchild of
Holocaust survivors goes back to Poland. 2
p.m. (WB)
Missing Father: The life of former
IDF Chief of Staff David Elazar. 8:30 p.m.
(WB)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25
In Heaven Underground: The
Wiessensee Jewish Cemetery: A docu-
mentary about one of the world's oldest
active Jewish cemeteries. 2 p.m. (WB)
Love, Etc.: A look at love, reflected in
the stories of a group of New Yorkers.
5 p.m. (RO)
Beyond the Boundaries: Israeli sol-
diers, wounded in war, participate in Ski to
Live. 5 p.m. (WB)
Berlin '36: Based on a true story about
a German Jew and her roommate in the
1936 Olympics. 8 p.m. (WB)
Bride Flight Lives become intertwined
on a flight from Holland to New Zealand.
Warning: Strong subject matter. For audi-
ences 18 and older. 8 p.m. (RO)
THURSDAY, APRIL 26
Dreamcoat The first-ever full theater
performance involving professional actors,
community talent and men and women
with special needs.
Shown with:
Wrong Side of the Bus: A South
African professor confronts his decision to
remain silent in the face of apartheid.
2 p.m. (WB)
Mabul: A 13-year-old with enough
challenges learns his autistic older brother
is coming home. 5 p.m. (RO)
My So-Called Enemy: Friendships
formed in Building Bridges for Peace.
5 p.m. (WB)
Reuniting the Rubins: A humor-
ous look at siblings united after being
estranged. 8 p.m. (WB)
Free Men: Inspired by a true story. A
group of Muslims who help Jews during
World War II. 8 p.m. (RO)
FRIDAY, APRIL 27
Standing Silent A Baltimore rabbi
and his son are accused of sexual abuse,
uncovered by former Baltimore Jewish
Times Editor Phil Jacobs, also a former
editor at the Detroit Jewish News.
Warning: This film contains strong sub-
ject matter. For audiences 18 and older.
Noon (WB)
Intimate Grammar: A 13-year-old
boy takes on the world. Based on the
David Grossman novel. 2 p.m. (WB)
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
Bride Flight Lives become inter-
twined on a flight from Holland to New
Zealand. Warning: Strong subject matter.
For audiences 18 and older. 8 p.m. (WB)
SUNDAY, APRIL 29
Nicky's Family: The true story of the
brain trust behind the Kindertransport.
Noon (WB)
An Article of Hope: Col. Ilan Ramon,
Israel's only astronaut, and the space
shuttle Columbia.
Shown with:
Cohen on the Bridge: An animated
short about the Entebbe rescue. 2 p.m.
(WB)
Love, Etc.: A look at love, reflected in
the stories of a group of New Yorkers.
5 p.m. (WB)
Remembrance: The true story of love
in a Nazi death camp. 8 p.m. (WB)
MONDAY, APRIL 30
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom:
The rags-to-riches life of one of the 20th
century's leading men. 2 p.m. (WB)
Dolphin Boy: A documentary about
an Arab youth who recovers after treat-
ment with dolphins. 5 p.m. (WB)
Free Men: Inspired by a true story. A
group of Muslims who help Jews during
World War II. 8 p.m. (WB)
TUESDAY, MAY 1
Auf Wiedersehen — 'Til We
Meet Again: A woman returns to her
mother's home in Vienna to understand
the aftermath of the Holocaust. 2 p.m.
(WB)
Strangers No More: A Tel Aviv
school with students from more than 40
different countries.
Shown with:
Homecoming: Israeli-born children
of foreign workers spend time with fam-
ily they've never met. 5 p.m. (WB)
My Lovely Sister: The story of two
sisters, their mother (who may be a
ghost) and family; the film received 11
Ophir (Israeli Oscar) nominations.
8 p.m. (WB)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2
A Wonderful Day: A short, humor-
ous film about grandparents and grand-
children.
Shown with:
The Lost Love Diaries: The true
story of love, a mysterious journal and
coincidences during the Holocaust.
2 p.m. (WB)
Restoration: A man deals with his
failing business and his ambitious son.
5 p.m. (WB)
My Australia: When anti-Semitic
brothers are arrested, their mother takes
them to "Australia" — but where is it,
really? 8 p.m. (WB)
THURSDAY, MAY 3
Portrait of Wally: The true story
of painter Egon Schiele's Portrait of
Wally, a museum and the U.S. govern-
ment. 2 p.m. (WB)
Naomi: A man discovers a deeply
unsettling truth about his wife. 5 p.m.
(WB)
Mabul: A 13-year-old with enough
challenges learns his autistic older
brother is coming home. 8 p.m. (WB)
— Elizabeth Applebaum