Jacob Burns Film Center: When Caesar Was King In the 1950s, Sid Caesar was the most influential, highly paid, and wildly talented comedian in America. He was watched every week by more than twenty million people on Your Show of Shows, […]
Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival: A Letter to David David Cunio was abducted from Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and held captive by Hamas for more than two years. Ten years earlier, David starred with his twin […]
Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival: Sapiro v. Ford: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford In 1927, the young Jewish lawyer and labor organizer Aaron Sapiro sued Ford for defamation. The courageous David vs. Goliath court case is the […]
Jacob Burns Film Center: Fantasy Life Elegantly made and sharply observant, this distinctly New York comedy and family drama is buoyed by an ensemble of beloved actors Amanda Peet, in her first starring role in over a decade; Judd Hirsch, […]
Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival: A Thre Course Meal... Three Food Films A cinematic feast about the joys and importance of food, this program includes the film equivalent of an appetizer, a beverage, and an entree. Including Orna […]
Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival: The Last Spy Peter Sichel, born in 1922 into a wealthy German Jewish wine family, fled with them to the United States. Joining the army as soon as America enters the war, he […]
Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival: My Underground Mother In this documentary, Marisa Fox uncovers the truth about her mother's time in a Nazi-run forced labor camp for women. Jacob Burns Film Center
Jacob Burns Film Center: Shoah Claude Lanzmann’s nine-and-a-half hour Holocaust documentary Shoah stands four decades after its release as one of the greatest of all films. Yet because of its imposing length, it is rarely screened. Bringing together the testimony of survivors, […]
Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival: Neshoma Sandra Beerends’ beautiful and bittersweet film Neshoma captures the spirit and soul of Amsterdam’s Jewish community between the first and second World Wars, using a unique mix of authentic archival footage that is woven […]