Grantee News – Oct. 7, 2009
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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October 7th — New York, NY
October 14th — Washington, DC
October 19th — Cleveland, OH
October 20th — Brookline, MA
At Home in Utopia
2004 Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film grantee At Home in Utopia tells the story of the United Workers Cooperative Colony, the “Coops,” a radical utopian community that grew out of the yearnings and ideals of Jewish secular immigrants in the 1920s.
New York, NY
Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives
King Juan Carlos 1 of Spain Center at NYU
Wednesday, October 7, 6:30pm
Filmmaker Michal Goldman will be in attendance.
Washington, DC
Labor Film Fest
Wednesday, October 14, 7:30pm
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Jewish Film Festival
Monday, October 19, 7:30pm
Brookline, MA
Brookline Library
Tuesday, October 20, 6:30pm
Filmmaker Michal Goldman and co-producer Ellen Brodsky will be in attendance.
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October 12th at 6:30 PM — Memphis, TN
Disturbing the Universe
In 2008 Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film grantees Emily and Sarah Kunstler’s Disturbing the Universe, the notorious activist’s daughters explore his journey from middle-class family man, to movement lawyer, to “the most hated lawyer in America,” while striving to come to terms with his legacy.
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October 16th
Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY
“Tobi Kahn: Sacred Spaces for the 21st Century”
“Tobi Kahn: Sacred Spaces for the 21st Century” is an exhibition of 30 recent paintings, sculptures and objects by the noted New York artist and 2004 Jewish Culture’s Cultural Achievement Award in the Visual Arts recipient.
Kahn will speak at MOBIA on October 22nd. The show will run through January 24th, 2010. It will also travel nationally after its New York opening.
October 18th — Bayside, NY
Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
2007 Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film grantee Roberta Grossman’s Blessed is the Match is a harrowing account of the only outside rescue mission for Jews during the Holocaust, as well as a moving mother-daughter tale.
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2008 Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film grantee Lacey Schwartz’s Outside the Box: Being Black and Jewish focuses on a woman with a family secret who explores what it means to be Black and Jewish in America, and how to reconcile those two separate identities.
The rooftop fundraiser in Union Square will include screening of new scenes, live performances, appetizers and drinks. Visit the film’s website to RSVP and buy tickets.
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