Jewish Community Center, Sonoma County
Jewish Film Festival
2010 SEASON PROGRAM
SANTA ROSA SCREENINGS: WEDNESDAYS @ 1:00pm & 7:15pm
Sixth Street Playhouse
52 West 6th Street, Santa Rosa
in Historic Railroad Square
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS IN SANTA ROSA ARE SOLD OUT!
SAVIORS IN THE NIGHT
Based on the true story of three German farm families who hid
and saved a Jewish family during Nazi rule, the film reveals the
complex relationships and emotional and physical hardships
of saviors and saved. Ultimately hopeful, this example of a new
self-reflective German film movement shows the potential for
the heart to care for all humankind. The names of the farmers
have been immortalized in Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. JFF audience
award winner.
Drama, Germany, 95 minutes, German,
French and English, English subtitles.
Underwritten by the Law Offices of Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller and Moskowitz, LLP
CAMERA OBSCURA
Growing up in late 19th century Buenos Aries, Gertrudis is a
disappointment to her mother from the moment of her birth.
As the invisible ugly duckling, she is compelled to create beauty
in everything she does, while remaining unseen. Married
off to an older Jewish rancher, her husband hires an itinerant
photographer for a family portrait. Through the photographer’s
eyes, Gertrudis becomes visible for the first time. This luminous,
artistic film uses archival and surrealistic photographs,
black and white film, and hand drawn animation.
Drama,
Argentina, 86 minutes, Spanish and Yiddish, English subtitles.
Underwritten by Berni Baxter, Coldwell Banker
HEY HEY IT'S ESTHER BLUEBERGER
In this coming-of-age comedy, Esther, a feisty outsider at her
posh private girls’ school, becomes desperate to fit in and
discover her true self at the time of her Bat Mitzvah. Secretly,
rebelling against her “perfect” upper middle class parents,
Esther befriends Sunni, a public school bad girl and her super
hip mom. Adopting a new identity, Esther becomes entangled
in a web of lies, betrayal and bullying, ultimately finding a
more honest self in the process. Actors include Keisha Castle-
Hughes, Toni Collette and Danielle Catanzariti (winner of AFI
Young Actors Award).
Comedy, Australia, 103 minutes, English.
