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Next Wave Spotlight: Act One
Next Wave Spotlight: Act One
In this rhythmic psychological thriller, a lonely aspiring teen actress finds herself drawn to an acting teacher who pulls her into a web of desire and control, blurring the lines of seduction and obsession.
Amazing Live Sea Monkeys
Amazing Live Sea Monkeys
A widow fights powerful corporations to reclaim her late husband’s famous Sea-Monkeys toy empire while protecting its secret formula and confronting the complex history behind its creation.
American Doctor
American Doctor
When three American doctors—Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
American Zoo
American Zoo
The Catskill Game Farm was America's first ever private zoo, fostering beloved childhood memories for a generation before falling into disrepair and closing in 2006. But found home movies would expose a shocking new chapter of the zoo's history.
Beyond The Duplex Planet
Beyond The Duplex Planet
Artist David Greenberger, whose quirky publication The Duplex Planet shared the insights of nursing home seniors, is now a senior himself and has much to say about art and conversation.
Blue Marks
Blue Marks
A young Israeli woman moves to Paris to study fashion. After a chance encounter turns into rape, she faces an unwanted child and seeks revenge against the man who killed her dreams.
Bookends
Bookends
When Nate moves in with his grandparents after a bad breakup with his boyfriend, the two generations' life experiences, values, and philosophies collide in exasperating, funny, and heartbreaking ways.
Cuz You're Ugly
Cuz You're Ugly
Avigail returns home from army service to the Jerusalem apartment she shares with her dysfunctional mother and her younger sister. She hopes to untie the chains of childhood and lose her virginity over the weekend, but things take a sharp turn.
The Darkest Light
The Darkest Light
After Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach is posthumously accused of abuse, his daughter and survivors grapple with a beloved legacy and the silence that protected it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
The Day After
The Day After
Amid rising tensions and the outbreak of war, a group of Israelis and Palestinians travel to Northern Ireland to hear and to try to tell an impossible story: how bitter enemies finally make peace.
Local Spotlight: Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie
Local Spotlight: Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie
From the dust storms of Oklahoma to the lox and bagels of Coney Island, discover a whole new side of Woody Guthrie that will forever change your view of one of America’s most celebrated songwriters and cultural icons.
Estate
Estate
Assaf inherits a house from a father he never knew. When he invites Miriam—a homeless woman living in the backyard—inside, a quiet battle begins that will change both him and the house forever.

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