GRANTEE HIGHLIGHTS (taken from our e-news! To receive bi-weekly information about our talented grantees and more, you can sign up on our homepage)
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September 24th at 6:00 PM — New York, NY
Off and Running
Nicole Opper, Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film grantee from 2007, will present the last New York screening until Spring 2010 of her award-winning documentary, Off and Running. It will appear as part of the Urbanworld Film Festival at the AMC theater on 34th Street in New York City.
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October 2nd — New York, NY
As Seen Through These Eyes
Hilary Helstein’s award-winning documentary As Seen Through These Eyes begins a three-week run at Cinema Village in New York City. Executive Producer Jerry Offsay is a long-time board member of Foundation for Jewish Culture.
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October 4th at 7:00 pm — Chicago, IL
G dash D
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater presents a staged reading of 2008 New Jewish Theater grantee Laura Jacqmin’s new play, G dash D. When secular Jews Simon and Yael have their first child, they decide to go all out: joining a temple, learning Hebrew, even believing in G-d. But they quickly figure out that they have very different ideas about how big a role religion should play in their lives. Can a person just decide to believe in something? When a couple splits down the middle about their beliefs, how can they be made whole again?
Hybrid distribution is the state-of-the-art model more and more filmmakers are using to succeed. It enables them to have unprecedented access to audiences, to maintain overall control of their distribution, and to receive a significantly larger share of revenues.
- Peter Broderick, “Declaration of Independence: The Ten Principles of Hybrid Distribution”
As the last of our submissions for the Lynne and Jules Fund for Jewish Documentary Film arrive, we were intrigued to read Peter Broderick’s indieWIRE article on an alternative form of film distribution better suited to filmmaking’s current situation.
The Foundation for Jewish Culture and the JCC in Manhattan present
Beyond Gaga: Contemporary Israeli Dance
and the Reinvention of the Jewish Body
OCTOBER 22, 2009 at 8PM
part of NEXTBOOK’s JEWISH BODY WEEK
You can read the full programming at Tablet.
Filed under: News
Its been a busy year for filmmakers! The Foundation’s Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film received over 200 applications! Good luck to all who applied, we are looking forward to reviewing all the applications and finding a few great films to fund!
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Tonight is the big opening for the Reinventing Ritual exhibit at the Jewish Museum in NYC. From the JM website:
Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life surveys the explosion of new Jewish rituals, art, and objects that has occurred since the mid-1990s. This period is defined by the urge to discover beauty and meaning in first premises–the roots and ruptures–when ritual could be radical. This attitude of innovation is shared by a wide range of artists inclusive of generation, nationality, and religion. Contemporary artists and designers focus on Judaism as a lived experience by transforming the physical acts of ritual into new forms.
Outstanding works of industrial design, metalwork, ceramics, video, drawing, comics, sculpture, installation, and textiles from Europe, Israel, and North America reveal the diversity within Judaism. The exhibition will present works in thematic groups and environments that suggest the spaces and situations in which ritual is performed.
It looks to be a fantastic exhibit – don’t miss it!
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Bob Goldfarb has written an insightful article over at ejewishphilanthropy.com on efforts towards networking building in the Jewish arts and culture sector. He writes:
Working together for a common purpose seems like a natural way of doing more with less duplication. With those ends in mind, organizations in the Jewish arts and culture sector have recently tried to form professional networks through two separate initiatives. Both experiences suggest that any systemic solution ultimately has to reckon with local realities.
And goes on to analyze the situation quite thoughtfully. Read the rest here.
New Jewish Theatre Grantee, Laura Jacqmin, will have a reading of her play on Sunday, October 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. If you are going to be in Chicago and want to check it out, call Victory Gardens at 773-549-5788 or check online at www.victorygardens.org.
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Alec Baldwin has written an essay on the Huffington Post about the film Disturbing the Universe. He says:
This is a wonderful film and Emily and Sarah Kunstler have done a remarkable job in presenting their famous father in an honest, critical light. Kunstler’s activities and predilections had a profound effect on his family, including an earlier marriage. Yet, Kunstler’s life is a near perfect perspective from which to view the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. The film is great history.
Be sure to check out Emily and Sarah’s film when it shows up in a theater near you!
