[Jewish] Fwd: [Hampshire College and the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival]

Noah Beit-Aharon nsb05 at hampshire.edu
Wed Mar 15 17:58:47 EST 2006


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:	Fwd: Hampshire College and the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film  
> Festival
> Date:	Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:06:35 -0500
> From:	Linda McDaniel <lmcdaniel at hampshire.edu>
> To:	Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies:;, plane at hampshire.edu,  
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> >
> >
> >Dear Colleagues,
> >As part of the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival and the series  
> Art, Exile,
> >Memory, Hampshire will be screening 2 films:
> >
> >Berlin-Jerusalem (Monday, March 27, 9:30 pm in FPH West Lecture  
> Hall) and The
> >Man Without a World (Wednesday, March 29, 9:30 pm in the FPH West  
> Lecture
> >Hall).
> >Both are free for Hampshire and Five College students, faculty and  
> staff.
> >
> >For information on these films, go to
> >http://www.hampshire.edu/cms/index.php?id=8170
> >
> >For information on the festival, which begins this week, go to:
> >www.ValleyJewishFilm.org <http://www.valleyjewishfilm.org/>
> >
> >March 19-April 9 2006
> >
> >Find out what a Catholic nun, an Ethiopian
> >refugee, and Barbie have in common...
> >at the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival!
> >
> >Amherst
> >Chicopee
> >Northampton
> >Shelburne Falls
> >Springfield
> >West Springfield
> >Starting next week, a spectacular array of engaging, award-winning  
> films from
> >around the world awaits local filmgoers of all ages. Come explore  
> the Jewish
> >Diaspora, contemporary culture, history and politics, secular and  
> religious
> >life through compelling feature films, inspiring documentaries, and
> >entertaining shorts.
> >
> >The Festival begins Sunday March 19 with a week
> >of films and related events for
> >kids and adults in the Upper Valley -- Amherst, Northampton and  
> Shelburne
> >Falls. Comedy, drama, documentary, animation and storytelling- 
> you'll find it
> >all at the Festival.  Check out Only Human at
> >Pleasant Street Theater (3/23), a
> >wonderfully twisted Spanish black comedy that turns a dinner with  
> the in-laws
> >into a living nightmare when a Jewish daughter brings home her  
> Palestinian
> >fiancé to meet her family.  Only Human can also be seen later in  
> the Festival
> >at Springfield's Basketball Hall of Fame (4/1).
> >
> >During the second week, the Festival launches in Springfield March  
> 29 with the
> >internationally acclaimed feature film Ushpizin (Hebrew for Guest)  
> at West
> >Springfield's Showcase Cinema.  Winner of numerous national and  
> international
> >awards, this riveting comic drama is steeped in
> >authentic orthodox culture that
> >doubles as an uplifting spiritual experience. A
> >6:30 reception precedes the 7:30
> >show time.
> >
> >Other Festival highlights include Live & Become, winner of several  
> awards
> >including the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival's Audience  
> Award.  Funny
> >and insightful, it entwines issues of politics, religion, love,  
> and identity
> >around the fate of one young boy. Live & Become screens twice -  
> 3/25 in
> >Shelburne Falls and 4/2 in Springfield.
> >
> >Also, check out The Tribe, a jazz-like riff that
> >tackles the history of Barbie,
> >Jews, and Jewish identity in 18 minutes and poses the question  
> "What does it
> >really mean to be a member of the tribe?"  Showing four times  
> (3/23 and 4/8 in
> >Northampton, 3/25 in Shelburne Falls, and 4/1 in Springfield).
> >
> >Many co-sponsors have made this year's Festival
> >possible, including the National
> >Yiddish Book Center, Smith College Hillel, Elms College, Hatikvah  
> Holocaust
> >Education Center, UMASS Amherst Office of Jewish Affairs, Pothole  
> Pictures
> >[MSOffice1] <>  , Hampshire College, Jewish
> >Family Services, and the Eric Carle
> >Museum of Picture Book Art.  The Festival was coordinated in large  
> part by the
> >Springfield Jewish Community Center and the Harold Grinspoon  
> Foundation.
> >
> >More than 30 award-winning films over 3 weeks plus guest speakers,  
> panel
> >discussions, storytelling, receptions, and music await you!  See  
> you at the
> >movies!
> >
> >Other Film Highlights in the Springfield Area
> >*         Sister Rose's Passion (Elm's College)
> >*         A Cantor's Tale (JCC)
> >*         The Phoenix Effect (JCC)
> >*         Forgotten Refugees (Basketball Hall of Fame)
> >*         Only Human (Basketball Hall of Fame)
> >*         One Day in September (Western New England College)
> >*         Live & Become (Basketball Hall of Fame)
> >
> >For a Detailed Schedule with film summaries, go to  
> www.ValleyJewishFilm.org
> ><http://www.valleyjewishfilm.org/>
> >
> >
> >Other Upper Valley Highlights
> >
> >*         39 Pounds of Love (Pleasant Street Theater)
> >*         Another Road Home (UMASS)
> >*         Odessa...Odessa! (National Yiddish Book Center)
> >*         Really Rosie (Eric Carle Museum)
> >*         Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School (Smith College)
> >*         Divan (Pleasant Street Theater)
> >*         Odessa... Odessa (National Yiddish Book Center)
> >*         Berlin, Jerusalem  (Hampshire College)
> >*         Keep Not Silent (Pleasant Street Theater)
> >*         Only Human (Pleasant Street Theater)
> >*         Matisyahu (Smith College)
> >
> >
> >Of Special Interest
> >
> >*         Under 21: Mini-Festival for Youth (Smith College) with a  
> Teens only
> >party
> >*         Klezmer Concert (Yiddish Book Center)
> >*         Panel Discussions  (with The Phoenix Effect)
> >*         Families with Children Programs (Amherst, Springfield &  
> Shelburne
> >Falls)
> >*         A Wealth of Women's Stories (including Campfire, Between  
> Us, Sister
> >Rose's Passion, Paradise Lost)
> >*         Award Winning Israeli Films (including Ushpizin, Live &  
> Become,
> >Berlin-Jerusalem, Live & Become, Only Human)
> >
> >
> >Venues/Greater Springfield
> >
> >*         Showcase Cinema
> >*         Basketball Hall of Fame
> >*         Jewish Community Center
> >*         Elms College
> >*         Western New England College
> >
> >
> >Venues/Upper Valley
> >
> >*         Smith College
> >*         Pleasant Street Theater
> >*         Eric Carle Museum
> >*         UMASS
> >*         Hampshire College
> >*         National Yiddish Book Center
> >*        Memorial Hall/Shelburne Falls
> >
> >
> >Tickets at the Door or in Advance     $8/General Admission; $6/ 
> Seniors,
> >Students, Children; $28/4-Pack Pass.  Some college screenings are  
> free to
> >college students with valid ID.  Credit card phone orders through  
> the JCC
> >413.739.4715
> >
> >
> >Ticket Outlets
> >*         Jewish Community Center/Springfield
> >*         Broadside Bookshop/Northampton
> >*         Food for Thought Books/Amherst
> >*         National Yiddish Book Center/Amherst
> >*         World Eye Bookshop/Greenfield
> >*         Boswell's Books /Shelburne Falls
> >
> >For More Information   For complete details and to sign up for e- 
> mail updates,
> >go to www.ValleyJewishFilm.org <http://www.valleyjewishfilm.org/>   
> or call the
> >Springfield JCC 413.739.4715.  Email questions to  
> adryansky at comcast.net
> >
> >Sponsors   Harold Grinspoon Foundation Arts & Culture Initiative, the
> >Springfield Jewish Community Center, the Jewish
> >Endowment Foundation of Western
> >Massachusetts-a committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater  
> Springfield, the
> >National Yiddish Book Center, and Sapirstein & Sapirstein,  
> Attorneys at Law.
> >Additional funding is provided by the Springfield, Amherst and  
> Northampton
> >Cultural Councils, local agencies supported by the Massachusetts  
> Cultural
> >Council, a state agency.  Major media sponsors are WFCR, the  
> Republican,
> >Reminder Publications, and the Valley Advocate.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   _____
> >
> >Rachel Rubinstein
> >Jeremiah Kaplan Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish American  
> Literature and
> >Culture
> >School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies
> >Hampshire College
> >(413) 559-5518
>
> -- 
> Linda McDaniel
> Assistant to the Dean
> School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies
> phone:  413-559-5362
> FAX: 413-559-5481

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