[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>
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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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