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After the End of the World
After the End of the World
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After Tiller
After Tiller
Screened to great acclaim at Sundance, this documentary about third-trimester abortion hardly sounds life-affirming on its surface. Yet Martha Shane and Lana Wilson inject a welcome dose of rationality to the incendiary topic. With deliberate pacing and a calming soundtrack, they offer an intimate portrait of the only four doctors in the United States who still perform the procedure, despite the assassination of their mentor Dr. George Tiller by an antiabortionist in 2009.
Aftermath
Aftermath
In this contemporary thriller, a hard-nosed Polish Catholic laborer from Chicago pays a visit back to his family’s farm in Poland to find that his brother is being mysteriously threatened and shunned by local townspeople. The brothers are inexorably drawn to investigate the village’s deep secrets about its long deceased Jewish residents. Made in Poland, Aftermath is proving controversial there for raising taboo topics of Polish complicity in wartime anti-Semitism.
Afternoon Delight
Afternoon Delight
Rachel is a quick-witted, lovable, yet tightly coiled, thirtysomething steeped in the creative class of Los Angeles’s bohemian Silver Lake neighborhood. Everything looks just right—chic modernist home, successful husband, adorable child and a hipster wardrobe. So why is she going out of her gourd with ennui? Plagued by purposelessness, Rachel visits a strip club to spice up her marriage and meets a stripper whom she becomes obsessed with saving.
Afterward
Afterward
Ofra Bloch, a New York-based psychoanalyst specializing in trauma, was born in Jerusalem to a Jewish family that emigrated to Palestine in the 1920s. Disturbed by the resurgence of fascism and anti-Semitism around the world, Ofra travels to Germany, Israel, and Palestine to confront her own deep-seated feelings about Germans and Palestinians, and the tensions between the Holocaust and the Nakba. In the process, she explores the nature of resistance and the possibility of hope.
Ahead of Time
Ahead of Time
Meet Ruth Gruber, 97, ace journalist and photographer for more than 70 years. Hurtling herself out of Brooklyn and into global politics, she witnessed some of the most critical junctures in contemporary world history—and specifically Jewish history—while drawing the eyes of the world to the Nuremberg trials, the plight of the ship Exodus ’47, United Nations committee meetings in Palestine and the formation of the state of Israel.
Aida's Secrets
Aida's Secrets
Family secrets and lies are revealed in this documentary detective story which begins with World War II and ends with a 21st-century reunion of long lost brothers. With the help of a genealogical search organization, Izak, an Israeli kibbutznik, finally meets the Canadian blind younger brother he did not know he had, when both are in their mid-60s. Embracing one another, they work hard to try to pry secrets loose from their tight-lipped mother Aida. - Sara L. Rubin
Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
"Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round" is a feature-length documentary film about a virtually unknown story from the early days of the civil rights movement.
Albert Alcalay: Portrait of an Artist
Albert Alcalay: Portrait of an Artist
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Alice and I
Alice and I
What does a broken-hearted French guy would do with three older Jewish ladies in one car? Find out as Simon, while driving his aunt and her two friends, gets a phone call from his irritable girlfriend.
The Alien's Place
The Alien's Place
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Alila
Alila
In a working-class Tel Aviv neighborhood, the turbulent and poignant lives of illicit lovers, a divorced couple whose son has gone AWOL from the army, the ex-wife’s younger lover, an elderly Holocaust survivor, illegal foreign workers, and a half-crazed policewoman all converge. Renowned director Amos Gitai’s visually powerful and emotionally masterful ensemble drama is a microcosm of Israeli society.
ALINA
ALINA
As Nazis separate children from their parents in the Warsaw Ghetto, a gang of women risks everything to smuggle their friend's three-month-old baby to safety.
Aliyah
Aliyah
Alex sees aliyah, immigration to Israel, as a way out of his troubled life dealing hashish in Paris. Plus, he’ll no longer have to clean up his deceitful older brother’s messes. But no plan is simple. To immigrate, Alex needs cash to buy into the restaurant he’ll help a cousin build in Tel Aviv. And just when his ex announces her engagement, her friend falls for him, and it’s mutual.
All Done and Dusted
All Done and Dusted
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Still image from the film All Governments Lie
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
This engaging documentary chronicles the changing the face of journalism, providing investigative, adversarial alternatives to mainstream, corporate news outlets – featuring interviews with Carl Bernstein, Noam Chomsky, Ana Kasparian, and Michael Moore.
All In
All In
In this sharp Argentine romantic comedy, Uriel is a dedicated single dad by day and a Jewish Don Juan at night. When Uriel runs into an old girlfriend who dumped him years ago, he is hooked. Daniel Burman, one of Argentina’s leading directors, brilliantly cast the Uruguayan Oscar-winning singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler to play Uriel alongside sexy actress Valeria Bertuccelli. Watch the sparks fly!
All Jews Out
All Jews Out
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All That Really Matters
All That Really Matters
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All The Leaves Are Brown
All The Leaves Are Brown
A short film about memory, loss, family and a sugar maple tree.
All There Is
All There Is
Malcolm and Lily embark on their post-collegiate life with a pit stop at Malcom’s grandparents’ (Sopranos star Dominic Chianese) “active adult” community in New Jersey. Each couple sees life’s possibilities and shortcomings in each other, and soon they all find themselves coming to terms with the excitement, uncertainty and bittersweet revelation that you’re never too old to grow up. Note: This is a special sneak preview/work in progress screening.
All We Carry
All We Carry
With extraordinary access, All We Carry follows Magdiel, Mirna, and their son Josh, as the young family flees Honduras on foot, rides in cargo trains across Mexico, claims asylum at the U.S. border, and endures detention.
Allen Ginsberg's "Ballad of the Skeletons"
Allen Ginsberg's "Ballad of the Skeletons"
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Almonds and Raisins
Almonds and Raisins
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Almonds and Wine
Almonds and Wine
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Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe of 1948
Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe of 1948
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Alpha Blondy's Jerusalem
Alpha Blondy's Jerusalem
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Altalena
Altalena
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Amanda Rubin: The Third Reich of Dreams: Dreaming Under Dictatorship
Amanda Rubin: The Third Reich of Dreams: Dreaming Under Dictatorship
From Weimar Activist to dream collector to New York celebrity stylist, the untold story of one woman’s undercover mission to collect evidence against the Nazis. A uniquely prophetic and penetrating insight into the psychological effects of totalitarianism.
Ameer Got His Gun
Ameer Got His Gun
Preceded by My NeighborhoodWhat to make of Ameer Abu Ria, an 18-year-old Israeli Arab who volunteers to enlist in the Israeli military? Like his father, Ameer believes it’s his duty to serve, but he’s waking up to the fact that he’ll never be treated as an equal. Documentary filmmaker Naomi Levari gained unprecedented access and tells this startling story with unflinching candor. Like the country he calls home, nothing about Ameer’s situation is simple. [MINIGUIDE 71/70]
American Birthright
American Birthright
Who hasn’t asked themselves the question “why be in a relationship?” Sure enough, filming in between her 20s and 30s, American Birthright’s director and producer Becky Tahel Bordo, doesn’t take any answer for granted, and even complicates the question by making a documentary about it.
American Commune
American Commune
American Commune chronicles the Farm, founded in 1971 by hippie holy man Stephen Gaskin and his wife Ina May, godmother of modern midwifery. Filmmaker sisters and former residents Nadine and Rena Mundo return to the Farm for the first time in 20 years. With a critical eye and empathy for the Farm’s efforts to reboot society, the Mundo sisters have created an engaging portrait of an unusual community and its legacy.
American Factory
American Factory
In 2014, a Chinese billionaire opened a Fuyao factory in a shuttered General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio. For thousands of locals, the arrival of this multinational car-glass manufacturer meant regaining their jobs - and dignity - after the recession left them high and dry. American Factory takes us inside the facility to observe what happens when workers from profoundly different cultures collide.
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco
Beginning with the Gold Rush, San Francisco’s Jewish community has been assimilated into nearly every corner of the city’s life, helping build it and being shaped by it, in ways that are unique in American and Jewish history. This entertaining documentary charts the evolution of the distinct (and sometimes controversial) brand of Jewish life that emerged in the West through portraits of influential pioneers like Levi Strauss and Adolph Sutro.
American Muslim
American Muslim
The story of being Muslim in America in the Age of Trump, following five disparate Muslim Americans here in New York. A key feature of this era is new opportunities for Muslim-Jewish alliances, which is explored in the film. The film is siumultaneously an exploration of a political fight about rights of a religious minority, as well as an intimate look at little known Muslim communities.
An American Tail
An American Tail
This beautifully animated film, which will charm audiences of all ages, tells the story of Fievel Mouskewitz and his family of Jewish mice who escape from Russia in the late 1800s and immigrate to the United States. At the time of its release in 1986, it became the most successful non-Disney animated feature with a theme that is close to every American’s heart: immigrants trying to succeed despite the many hardships and obstacles.

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