LGBT Jewish Films
With a hearty helping of provocative and inspiring LGBT documentaries, features, shorts, panels and parties, the 28th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival has pride to spare. Meet a queer youth counselor knee-deep in Israeli machismo in It Kinda Scares Me, a rabbi’s daughter who has eyes for the girl-next-door in The Secrets, a nice Jewish boy happily in love with his uncut German partner in The Quest for the Missing Piece, an Israeli FTM couple in Mom, I Didn’t Kill Your Daughter, a half-Jewish and half-Afrikaaner anti-apartheid drag diva in Darling!, a holocaust survivor who dreams of a lost gay lover in Facing Windows, a 1950s Israeli furrier with more than mink in his closet in Stefan Braun, and much, much more.
SAVE THE DATE!
Tuesday July 29
THE BAR IS PROUD TO PRESENT
Come see pride and prejudice collide in the award-winning documentary Jerusalem Is Proud to Present, about the 2006 World Pride Conference in Jerusalem, 7:00pm at the Castro Theatre. Then join us for an unbridled celebration of our own pride at The Bar (456 Castro St). First drink is 2-for-1 with presentation of film ticket stub!
Special thanks to program sponsors: American Jewish World Service, BJE Jewish Community Library, Craig Harrison’s Expressions of Excellence!™, Frederick Hertz & Randolph Langenbach, The Israel Center, LGBT Alliance, Michael Ehrenzweig & Wayne Salazar, and The San Francisco HIV Prevention Klatsch. Thanks also to film co-presenters: Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, Frameline, The Hub at JCCSF, Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco, Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay, and the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco.
Films
Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story
An inspiring portrait of South Africa’s outrageous, controversial and brilliant political satirist (and occasional drag entertainer) Pieter-Dirk Uys, who now uses humor and rage to combat HIV/AIDS.
It Kinda Scares Me
A gritty, funny documentary about a Tel Aviv drama coach (Tomer Heymann) and the talented, “delinquent” students he coaches.
Jerusalem Is Proud to Present
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In 2006, Jerusalem hosted the World Pride events, which were planned to culminate in a gay pride parade. Nitzan Gilady’s award-winning documentary weaves together the passions of gay rights activists and religious Jews, Muslims and Christians who oppose them.
Mom, I Didn't Kill Your Daughter
Lior and Yuval are a couple; Lior comes from a kibbutz near the Dead Sea and Yuval was born in central Israel. Like many couples, they are opposites: Lior is opinionated and Yuval is introverted. Both were born as women, but throughout their lives they identified as male.
The Quest for the Missing Piece
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The Quest for the Missing Piece is a hilarious romp through the debate over circumcision.
The Secrets
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Naomi and Michelle come to Safed to study in an orthodox women’s seminary. While seeking spiritual knowledge, they embark upon a secret journey of rituals and forbidden love.
Stefan Braun
Fabulous archival footage of Tel Aviv’s gay life from the 1950s immerses us in the world of society furrier Stefan Braun and the man who loved, worshipped and stood by him for 39 years, Eliezer Rath.
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