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The festival's opening event on May 6th is at the Jewish Community Center. All other films will be screened at The State Museum of Pennysylvania. |
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INSIDE HANA'S SUITCASE
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"Inside Hana's Suitcase” is the poignant story of two young children who grew up in pre-WWII Czechoslovakia and the terrible events that they endured just because they happened to be born Jewish. |
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AJAMI
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A powerful crime drama set on the streets of Jaffa’s Ajami neighborhood, a melting pot – and tinderbox -- of cultures. Yet, as the stories intersect, there is no meeting place, just a dramatic collision of different worlds with tragic, perhaps inevitable consequences. |
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CAMERA OBSCURA
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At the end of the 19th century, a baby girl is born only feet from the New World as a ship of immigrants docks in Buenos Aires harbor. Shy and self-conscious, Gertrudis grows up and into her role as the ugly duckling in a colony of Argentinean Jews, until a chance encounter changes her life forever. |
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THE DEBT
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“The Surgeon of Treblinka,” a Nazi monster who was never brought to trial after the war, is hunted down by a retired Mossad team who failed in their mission the first time around. |
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HEART OF STONE
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Before 1960 Weequahic High School was known as one of the top schools in America. By 2000 it was one of the most violent, in the 12th most dangerous city in the country. “Heart of Stone” is the true story of Weequahic High School's quest to return to its former glory, led by visionary and unconventional educator Ron Stone. |
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LOST ISLANDS
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The Levys are a happy, noisy, colorful family living in a small town in Israel, 1980. Family loyalty is paramount in this clan; fulfilling one’s dreams comes a close second. It is only when these two goals compete directly that the idyllic world the family has created begins to splinter. |
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MAX MINSKY AND ME
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In order to meet her big crush, Prince Edouard of Luxembourg (who happens to be the patron of a Europe-wide, soon-to-be-held girls’ basketball tournament), nerdy, 13-year-old Nelly Sue Edelmeister needs to learn how to play basketball, like, NOW – and she chooses Max Minsky, her unmotivated neighbor, to teach her. |
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SPRING 1941
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As Nazi forces take control of Poland and exile its Jewish citizens to the ghetto, cellist Clara Planck and her doctor husband Artur flee Warsaw to the countryside with their two children. But when Artur begins an affair with the woman who is hiding them, the potential consequences are dire. |
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THE WEDDING SONG
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The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewess who are both preparing for their marriages. |
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YOO HOO MRS. GOLDBERG
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A documentary on television pioneer Gertrude Berg. She was the creator, principal writer, and star of "The Goldbergs," a popular radio show for 17 years, which became television's very first character-driven domestic sitcom in 1949. |
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| Committee Volunteers: Ayelet Shanken, Chair . Jared Beitman . Edie Kushner . Beth Michlovitz . Susan Sayers . Dan Schulder . Daniel Shanken . Julie Sherman . Bruce Weber . Jill Parnes Woolf . Special Thanks to Jay Steinberg |
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State Museum of Pennsylvania 300 North St.
Use Main Entrance on 3rd Street
Admission $8.00 |
PARKING
Free parking is available in the Stallions Club's parking lot on Susquehanna St. between Briggs Street & Oliver Alley.
(Generously offered by Mickey and Edan Shefet & Zodiac Under 21 Club) |
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- MAY 06
- MAY 07
- MAY 08
- MAY 09
- MAY 10
- MAY 11
- MAY 12
- MAY 13
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OPENING NIGHT |
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INSIDE HANA'S SUITCASE |
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Director Larry Weinstein will present his film along with Hana's brother, George Brady, at the Jewish Community Center at 7:00pm. They will lead a discussion following the film. |
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| 5:30 |
Camera Obscura |
State Museum |
| 7:30 |
Ajami |
State Museum |
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| 3:00 |
The Debt |
State Museum |
| 5:00 |
Spring 1941 |
State Museum |
| 7:00 |
Lost Islands |
State Museum |
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| 3:00 |
Max Minsky and Me |
State Museum |
| 5:30 |
Yoo Hoo Mrs. Goldberg |
State Museum |
| 7:30 |
The Wedding Song |
State Museum |
| 5:30 |
Lost Islands |
State Museum |
| 7:30 |
Spring 1941 |
State Museum |
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| 5:30 |
Ajami |
State Museum |
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Camera Obscura |
State Museum |
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| 5:30 |
Inside Hana's Suitcase |
State Museum |
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book club discussion to follow screening |
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| 7:30 |
The Debt |
State Museum |
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Max Minsky and Me |
State Museum |
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Heart of Stone |
State Museum |
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Guest Speaker Event |
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to enrich the cultural life of the Greater Harrisburg area by presenting films that reflect contemporary and historical Jewish and Israeli experiences. The Film Festival aims to encourage Jewish and Israeli artistic expression; to foster dialogue, debate, and education; and to nurture creativity in the arts through films that represent a broad spectrum of thought and opinion.
The Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival is an independent program under the auspices of the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg.
The Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival is supported by the Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation. The Jewish Community Foundation supports and secures all of the agencies, programs and activities of the Harrisburg Jewish Community. |
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