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Centerpiece Narrative: Where To?
Centerpiece Narrative: Where To?
A Palestinian Uber driver and a lost young Israeli cross paths during a series of taxi rides through Berlin, leading to unexpected moments that blend humor and heartache as their journeys unfold.
Who Killed Alex Odeh?
Who Killed Alex Odeh?
The assassination of a beloved Palestinian American activist in Southern California ignites a 40-year quest for justice, revealing the roots of a dangerous political movement that thrives today.
Twenty-One Portraits
Twenty-One Portraits
Photographer Jeff Cohen uncovers 21 portraits shot in San Francisco 50 years ago and embarks on a poignant journey to reconnect with, and re-photograph, his aging subjects.
American Jew
American Jew
Through a series of conversations I filmed before October 7, 2023, my octogenarian father shares with me his trajectory from working class Orthodox kid in Brooklyn to how his sense of belonging to Judaism has eroded because of Israel.
The Baddest Speechwriter of All
The Baddest Speechwriter of All
Now 93, Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer and speechwriter reflects on the personal cost and surprising truths of making history, offering an intimate insider’s view of the Civil Rights Movement.
Born Kicking
Born Kicking
Queer photographer Jill Posener’s fearless compulsion to document provides us with intimate views of radical feminist London, Bay Area 90s lesbian culture, and contemporary unhoused East Bay communities. A lifelong rebel, she has always felt “at odds”, and now contemplates where she may fit for her final chapter.
Bubbe & Tal
Bubbe & Tal
A stoner buddy-dramedy between a Jewish grandmother and her trans grandchild on a day trip to Cape Cod during the off-season.
Burn
Burn
A fun-loving Jewish woman who straightens her hair to fit in, until a rainy Christmas party forces her to grapple with who she really is.
Elijah
Elijah
A group of young, sophisticated Jewish New Yorkers will have their ideals tested when an unexpected guest crashes their Passover Seder.
Forever Love
Forever Love
In a small apartment in Haifa, an elderly couple’s quiet routine unfolds into a tender portrait of love, change, and the passage of time.
A Grain of Truth
A Grain of Truth
A Grain of Truth is a personal film that examines the power of storytelling to shape collective memory. Through a disturbing journey into wartime Denmark, the film dismantles a cherished national myth—the Legend of the Yellow Star—revealing a far more complex history, one that holds acts of remarkable courage alongside troubling moral compromises.
It Might Even Be Real
It Might Even Be Real
Investigating the mechanisms at the heart of cinema and animation, an Israeli animator seeks to convince her mind to embrace the illusion of hope, just as it embraces the illusion of movement.

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