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the year and narrows them 
down to our top choices.
“We want to have a wide 
variety of types of films. Our 
mission is to highlight films 
that have Jewish themes or 
subject matter or come from 
the Israeli film industry, which 
has really upped its game by 
producing films that deal with 
everything.
”
Lumberg explained that 
the committee decided to 
request a partnership with the 
DFT to broaden the audience 
base for the festival, utilize 
different marketing avenues 
through DFT resources, make 
the digital experience more 
well-rounded and tap into 
Wilhelm’
s expertise for the 
discussion sessions.
Jaemi Loeb, senior director 
of cultural arts at the Jewish 
Community Center, explained 
that one reason the film 
festival is being held in the 
fall instead of the spring is 
because planners did not want 
to wait two years between 
events. 
Also, they had to delay the 
timing from spring to fall 
because of the changes that 
had to be put in place for dig-
ital programming. Besides the 
technical considerations, they 
had to get streaming rights 
from distributors.
“There was one film that 
we wanted to show in May, 
but the timing didn’
t work out 
then,
” Loeb said. “Now we’
ve 
been able to include They 
Ain’
t Ready for Me.
”
The film, a documenta-
ry about Tamar Manasseh, 
addresses a number of con-
temporary issues. It explores 

the life of a woman holding 
both Black and Jewish iden-
tities and tackling Chicago 
gun violence through the 
organization Mothers Against 
Senseless Killings (MASK). 
While the speakers are still 
being chosen, among those 
already scheduled is Adar 
Shafran, producer of Douze 
Points, a comedy-thriller cen-
tering around a song contest. 
The live presentation will run 
from noon-1 p.m. Thursday, 
Oct. 8. 
“I’
m thrilled by the way 
creative communities are 
adapting to the pandemic,
” 
Wilhelm said. “It’
s not the 
same experience as being in 
a theater, but it’
s the ability to 
keep up and see new films. It’
s 
a world still in formation, and 
it has involved a lot of techno-
logical work. 
“I’
m going to be involved 
with at least half of the films 
with discussions, interviews, 
panel moderations and ques-
tions from the audience, and 
the details will be up online. 
People need to buy tickets to 
the films, but the discussions 
are going to be open free of 
charge. The educational aspect 
was really appealing to me.
”
Although Loeb knows she 
will miss the in-person aspects 
of the festival, she points out 
what she considers some digi-
tal advantages:
“People can watch when-
ever they like during the time 
of the festival, and the discus-
sions will stay on our YouTube 
channel. We’
re building a TV 
app for smart televisions [to 
make viewing] super easy, and 
easy is what we’
re going for.
” 

DETAILS
The Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival can be 
accessed digitally Oct. 4-30. A festival pass begins at $180 for 
one person. Each film begins at $5 per person. A pass lets a 
viewer watch all the films as many times as wanted over the 
three festival weeks. Without a pass, it’
s like renting a movie on 
demand. Films are not on the YouTube channel. For a full listing 
and to get tickets, go to culturalarts.jccdet.org/filmfest/.

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