During The High School Film Festival, students explore themes related to identity,
tolerance and culture while viewing engaging films and participating in post
screening discussions and activities with filmmakers. The High School Film Festival
is an annual event and each year different films are chosen for their unique
cinematic perspective and their ability to educate and inspire students. A
pizza lunch will be provided.
Please contact the Scheduling Coordinator at 212.423.3225 or schedulingcoordinator@thejm.org to make a reservation, or download the registration form .
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April 28, 29, and 30
Bring students face to face with important issues of identity, culture and tolerance through the power of documentary film. Each day features a specially-selected film, post-film discussion and free pizza lunch. There is no cost to attend this program.
Student Screenings
Thunder in Guyana
Wednesday, Wednesday, April 28, 2004, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
The Amazing story of two idealistic young radicals - Chicago-born Janet Rosenberg and Cheddi Jagan, a native of Guyana on South America\'s northern coast. After marriage, the couple set off in 1943 for the British colony of Guyana to start a socialist revolution. Though Jagan and Rosenberg became important political figures, they also faced arrest and repression, which prompted the intervention of such world figures as Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy. After free elections were instituted in Guyana in the early 1990s, Janet Rosenberg-Jagan was elected the first foreign-born, female president of the country in 1997.
Suzanne Wasserman, director, writer and producer will lead the post-film discussion.
Thursday, April 29, 2004, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
The Commandment Keepers
This fascinating documentary illuminates the 75-year-old Ethiopian Hebrew congregation in Harlem. The congregation is recognized - but not necessarily embraced by - rabbinical authorities, as its members struggle to maintain their faith and identity.
Marlene Glicksman, director, and other panelists, will lead the post-film discussion.
Friday, April 30, 2004, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Daring to Resist
Why would a young woman choose resistance rather than submission during Hitler\'s reign of terror? In this gripping documentary, three Jewish women answer this question by recalling their lives as teenagers in occupied Holland, Hungary and Poland, when they refused to remain passive as the Nazis rounded up local Jewish populations. From shuttling Jews to safe houses and across borders to waging guerilla war against Germans, each girl defied her family\'s wishes and found a way in which to fight back.
Each day of the festival, a video created by student participants in The Jewish Museum\'s first annual High School Video Workshop Series, held this spring, will be screened.
Our thanks to the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation for their support.
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