The event is held in the Duffin Theatre at Lenox Memorial High School at 197 East Street, Lenox, MA.
For further information on the Berkshire Jewish Film Festival log on to http://www.knessetisrael.org/film_festival.php
-Monday, July 12 -
4:00 - The Jazz Baroness - The story of Nica Rothschild the unlikely
muse and patron of jazz greats Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, Sonny
Rolllins and more. Guest speaker - Seth Rogovoy
8:00 - A Matter of Size - Hilarious Israeli film about four overweight friends, fed up with dieting, decide to embrace their size and become Sumo wrestlers.
-Monday, July 19 -
There will only be a matinee on this date due to Tisha B'Av
4:00 - Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story - The unbelievable
true story of Hank Greenspun, Vegas titan and newspaperman who ran
guns to the new state of Israel, stood up to Joseph McCarthy,
recruited Howard Hughes to buy out the Vegas mob, ended segregation on
the Strip, protested nuclear waste dumping in Nevada, and who was
victim of the Watergate break in group. Guest speaker - Clarence
Fanto
- Monday, July 26 -
4:00 - The Clown and the Fuhrer - In 1944 Berlin internationally famous Spanish clown Charlie Rivel and his partner Witzi are enlisted to perform for Hitler's birthday. Gripping film based on historical fact.
8:00 - Jews and Baseball - The film portrays the contributions of Jewish major leaguers and the special meaning that baseball has had in the lives of American Jews.
- Monday, August 2 -
4:00 - Letters to Jenny - Set in Argentina, we follow Jenny through her rocky teenage years after she loses her mother prematurely. It is the letters that her mother wrote to her prior to her death, and specified for certain milestones in her life, that help Jenny in her path the self-discovery.
8:00 - Berlin '36 - The Nazi's try to deflect threats of international boycott of the Olympics due to their treatment of Jewish athletes. Inspired by the true story of Gretal Bergmann, a gold metal high jump contender, the Reich conspired to replace her.
Guest speaker - Dr. Skyler Arndt-Briggs
- Monday, August 9 -
4:00 - Mary and Max - Funny and extremely moving animated claymation film about the unlikely penpal correspondence of a lonely young girl in Australia, and an obese isolated man with Asperger's syndrome in New York. Mary is the voice of Toni Collette and Max is the voice of Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
8:00 - Killing Kasztner - Reszo Kasztner's legacy has been mixed. A Hungarian Jew who saved 1700 Jews during WWII, he was accused of selling his soul to the devil. Later assassinated, the filmmaker takes a look at the real story.
Guest speaker - filmmaker Gaylen Ross
- Monday, August 16 -
4:00 - For My Father - A young Palestinian on a suicide mission is given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate.
8:00 - La Camera Obscura - In 19th century Argentina, Gertrudis, a shy
and introspective "ugly duckling" discovers herself through the lens
of a nomadic, surrealist photographer. This film a stunningly
beautiful work which weaves live action together with animation and
still photography. Guest speaker - Dr. Deborah Rothschild