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16th Annual San Francisco Jewish Film FestivalFESTIVAL THEMES
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American Independent Features |
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Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual: The 16th Jewish Film Festival brings to the screen realistic and fantastic images of gay and lesbian Jews, a minority within a minority that is exploring its multi-diasporic identity through humor, fantasy, and political fiction. |
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Jewish comedy |
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Local Bay Area and Northern California Filmmakers: A cornucopia of celluloid at the 16th Annual Jewish Festival. Bay Area creators look at everything from growing up in China to muckraking journalists to Taiwanese-American rappers, they offer as much diversity as the Bay Area itself. Round Eyes in the Middle Kingdom Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press When I Was 14: A Survivor Remembers "If You Make it Possible": Portraits of Middle East Peacemakers Shtick, Shmaltz, and Shtereotypes: Jewish Presence in Early Film Comedy "Across the Great Divide: Immigration, the Arts and American Culture" |
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Middle East Peace:The 16th Jewish Film Festival turns an eye to Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers and filmmakers Amid the recent political events in the Middle East. |
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Musical Movie Gems for Music Lovers:The silver screen comes alive with the musical sounds of Jewish culture in special documentaries, feature films, and live performances! |
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Sephardic diaspora |
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Unlikely CountriesAwakening -- Hungary The Emigrant -- Egypt The Jew (O Judeu) -- Brazil & Portugal Tears of Stone -- Iceland |
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Immigrants and Artists
Young People
