DATE
Wednesday, February 29
7:00pm

VENUE
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Remis Auditorium

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SPECIAL EVENT | SNEAK PREVIEW
DIRECTOR ISMAËL FERROUKHI IN ATTENDANCE

In 1942 German-occupied Paris, a young Algerian immigrant named Younes (break-out star Tahar Rahim) is arrested for black marketeering. To avoid jail, he agrees to spy on a Paris Mosque suspected of helping Muslim resistance fighters and North African Jews. At the Mosque, Younes befriends the charismatic Algerian singer, Salim Halali. After discovering Salim's secret and the hidden work of the Mosque, Younes is transformed from police collaborator to freedom fighter. Directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi. French w/ English Subtitles, 99 min, Drama

Official Selection - Cannes International Film Festival
Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival

"[Tahar Rahim] has an undeniable screen presence that recalls a young Robert DeNiro [and] Lonsadale is, like always, a pleasure to watch."  –The Hollywood Reporter

"An eye-opener! An absorbing drama… that engages both the heart and the mind." –Screen Daily

Co-sponsored by Consulate General of France in Boston & American Islamic Congress
Special Thanks: Rachel Langus and Film Movement

DATES
Sun. March 18, 1:00 pm
Wed. March 21, 6:00pm
Sun. March 25, 1:00pm
Wed. March 28, 6:00pm

VENUE
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Alfond Theater

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LIMITED THEATRICAL RUN OF THE HIT DOCUMENTARY
CELEBRATION OF FRANCOPHONE MONTH

Being Jewish in France comes to the MFA following its wildly successful limited theatrical runs at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Gene Siskel Center in Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Yves Jeuland's sweeping new documentary explores the rich and complex history of Jews in France, the first country to grant Jews citizenship. Beginning with Revolutionary cries of Vive la France in Yiddish, the film explores the explosive Dreyfus Affair, the Vichy government's collaboration with the Nazis, and the absorption of Sephardic Jews from Arab countries in the decades after WWII. Being Jewish in France confidently continues into the 21st century, investigating charges of rising antisemitism and the county's complex attitudes toward Israel. Narrated by Mathieu Amalric, star of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

DATES
Sat. March 24, 6:30 pm
Sun. March 25, 2:00pm

VENUE
Bright Family Screening Room, Paramount Center,
Emerson College, Boston

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Boston Globe feature

ArtsEmerson &
The National Center for Jewish Film present
American Matchmaker (Amerikaner Shadkhn)

TWO SCREENINGS AS PART OF SERIES
GOTTA DANCE: THE AMERICAN MOVIE MUSICAL 1929-1953

Leo Fuchs, the "Yiddish Fred Astaire," stars in this musical comedy as Nat Silver, a debonair and wealthy Jewish-American businessman whose recent engagement (his eighth) goes awry. Ulmer’s last Yiddish movie was also his most modern, an art deco romantic comedy about male ambivalence and Jewish assimilation.

Gotta Dance: The American Movie Musical 1929-1953 is a survey of the American film musical, a genre whose uniquely American exuberance and optimism entertained audiences through the dark years of the Great Depression and reached its apex in the 1940s and 50s.

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April 18 - April 29

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The National Center for Jewish Film's 15th Annual Film Festival
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