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“Kenny Scharf:
When Worlds Collide”
A Film by Max Basch & Malia Scharf
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Panelists include
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Synopsis: Growing up in the San Fernando Valley in LA, Kenny Scharf’s quintessential Jewish family placed importance on tradition and middle class values. His parents supported his interest in art from a young age, taking him to visit museums and galleries. When Scharf arrived in New York City in the early 1980s, he quickly befriended Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. This trio, amongst the fervent creative bustle of a depressed downtown scene, would soon take the art world by storm. While Basquiat and Haring both died tragically young, Scharf lived through cataclysmic shifts in the East Village as well as the ravages of AIDS and economic depression.
‘When Worlds Collide’ is about the art of fun, about living life out loud, despite setbacks, and about Kenny Scharf’s particular do-it-yourself, high-tone, technicolor artistic vision. The film includes rare archival footage with Scharf and Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and interviews with Ed Ruscha, Dennis Hopper, Yoko Ono and others. Scharf currently lives in LA and you can see his murals citywide. His recent exhibitions include the Hammer Museum, MOCA, Pasadena Art Museum, Nassau County Museum of Art in NY and others.
Documentary/USA/77 mins/2020/English
In cooperation with the City of West Hollywood, Nassau County Museum of Art, the Oakwood School and TOTAH Gallery, NYC.
If you missed the Q&A with Senator Cory Booker and others for the film, “Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent”, you can see it here!
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Pre-recorded panel includes:
SENATOR CORY BOOKER
and
Rachel Fisher, Filmmaker
Deborah Prinz, Joachim Prinz’s daughter
Orly Marley, President, Tuff Gong Worldwide
Rabbi Sari Laufer, Stephen Wise Temple
Moderated by
Rabbi Clifford Kulwin, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple
B’nai Abraham
Listen to the podcast at link below from
“LA Jewish Film Festival – A Voice from the Past Bringing Jews and Blacks Together”
This program is in partnership with Stephen Wise Temple, Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance, American Jewish Committee, Jewish World Watch and Valley Beth Shalom
If you missed it, watch the Q&A here for:
“THE HUMAN FACTOR”
With Oscar-nominated filmmaker Dror Moreh and
General Michael Herzog, one of the negotiators!
or click below on
If you missed it, watch the Q&A here for:
“DETERMINED: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter”
Q&A with filmmaker and Avraham’s daughter, writer/producer/director Dr. KEREN PERLMUTTER, the film’s composer STEVEN CHESNE, and the descendants of the BEIJERS FAMILY (who hid Avraham for over a year in the Netherlands and who were honored as “Righteous Among the Nations”), moderated by renowned Holocaust scholar,
Dr. MICHAEL BERENBAUM.
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THOU SHALT NOT HATE
a drama by Mauro Mancini
Official Selection – Venice International Film Critics’ Week 2020
Watch the exclusive Q&A with renowned actor Alessandro Gassmann and
director Mauro Mancini click below
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Co-presented with Istituto Italiano di Cultura, under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles
In partnership with Anti-Defamation League and Consulate General of the Republic of Poland
Special International Holocaust Remembrance Day Event
“MY NAME IS SARA”
Sponsored by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland and in association with USC Shoah Foundation
In partnership with Jewish Journal, American Jewish Committee, LA, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany,
and Wilshire Boulevard Temple
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Watch trailer below
Sponsored by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland
Co-presented with USC Shoah Foundation
In partnership with Jewish Journal, American Jewish Committee, LA, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Watch now the Q&A for
“Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen”
The story of the making of the beloved classic film, “Fiddler on the Roof,” and director Norman Jewison.
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Watch now the Q&A with cast and crew for
“STAND!”
“Hamilton meets Fiddler on the Roof meets West Side Story” – Reel Chicago
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If you missed it you can now watch the Tattooed Torah Q&A here!
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Sponsored by The Goldrich Family Foundation in partnership with USC Shoah Foundation, Holocaust Museum LA & Holocaust Documentation & Education Center, Inc.
Watch trailer here
Watch a promo with filmmakers and cast.
Learn how the film was made by clicking on the video below.
Watch the “AULCIE” Q&A below
We honored Aulcie Perry for his contributions to combating racial discrimination and to building bridges of understanding between African Americans and Jews and Israelis.
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Panelists included (L – R) LAJFF Director Hilary Helstein, Filmmaker Dani Menkin, Consul General of Israel, Dr. Hillel Newman, K.J. Matthews, journalist of the AAFCA, producer Jon Weinbach and Aulcie Perry himself!
In Loving Memory of
RUTH BADER GINSBURG
We honor her legacy and pay her tribute
Watch the Q&A with JULIE COHEN, acclaimed director of the Academy Award nominated sensation, “RBG”
Click on the picture below to stream the YouTube Q&A
LAJFF conducted a virtual discussion with acclaimed filmmaker Julie Cohen, co-director of the inspiring, Academy Award nominated documentary, “RBG.” She gives an insider’s view of one of the most influential women who ever lived, the heroic Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and her journey in the making of this film that became a worldwide sensation.
If you have not seen the film, it is available to stream anytime on Hulu, Amazon Prime and other platforms.
THIS Q&A IS A MUST SEE!!
SHARED LEGACIES
In honor of “good trouble” Congressman John Lewis
and Rev. C.T. Vivian
LAJFF made history with this superb Q&A panel with activists and speakers from the film SHARED LEGACIES who came together to discuss the African American-Jewish relationship during the civil rights era and NOW! It included Dr. Shari Rogers, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, Gina Belafonte, Dr. Susannah Heschel, Sherry Frank, moderated by Dr. Michael Berenbaum.
Watch by clicking this picture.
Directed by Dr. Shari Rogers
Congratulations to MARIA SCHRADER,
on her Emmy nomination and for the 8 Emmy nominations for the Netflix series,
“UNORTHODOX”
You can watch the conversation with Ms. Schrader here now! Click the image below.
or on Facebook at:
facebook.com/watch/live
Sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
In partnership with the Jewish Journal, Goethe-Institut LA, Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e.V.
Watch it here on Facebook Live
“A Conversation with Actress
TOVAH FELDSHUH”
as she talks about her career and starring role as Golda Meir
RIP Carl Reiner, the legend!
You were a friend and honoree of LAJFF. We will never forget your wit and wisdom!
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If you missed the Q&A from
“HEALING INK”
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Facebook Live !
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Read the article and watch interviews on “Heading Home” below posted by JooTube.
Listen to post film Q&A with ballplayer Cody Decker and Greg Laemmle, owner of Laemmle Theatres.
2019 PRINT SOURCE LIST(click here)
THAT’S A WRAP ON THE 2019 FESTIVAL!
Pictures courtesy of LA Jewish Film Festival and Todd Felderstein
Please enjoy the festival’s trailer below.
LAJFF Trailer from Digimoric productions onVimeo.
(Directed by Claudia Sobral, edited by Giovanni Moriconi)
