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SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The JCC’s Lenore

Marwil Jewish Film

Festival celebrates its

20th birthday with

a diverse collection

of fi lms.

A

Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright. A longtime
baseball fan-turned-
film director. An activist/
actor.
These are three of the
speakers appearing to spark
discussions of films that
showcase their talents at the
20th-annual Lenore Marwil
Detroit Jewish Film Festival.

details

The 20th-annual Lenore Marwil
Detroit Jewish Film Festival runs
April 15-26. See the sidebar for
a listing of films scheduled at the
West Bloomfield JCC and off-cam-
pus sites. For a complete schedule
and pricing information, go to
jccdet.org. (248) 661-1900.
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Paula Vogel, who won
the Pulitzer Prize for How
I Learned to Drive, will be
talking about the PBS Great
Performances production of
Indecent, the filmed version of
the Tony Award-winning play
that recalls the controversy
caused by the early-20th-cen-
tury play God of Vengeance by
Sholem Asch.

Jeremy Newberger, at the
helm of many documentaries,
experienced a special con-
nection to Jewish American
baseball players representing
Israel in the World Baseball
Classic. Heading Home: The
Tale of Team Israel spotlights
Josh Zeid, a former Tiger
admired by the director.
John Maucere, who plays

the title role in No Ordinary
Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie,
communicates about achiev-
ing career success on stage,
television and film by empha-
sizing his capabilities, and
he serves as a role model for
achievement.
All three will answer audi-
ence questions.
Vogel — who will be intro-