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This wide ranging documentary travels from Berlin to Harlem to the Middle East and Australia to investigate the connection between hatred on a personal level and hatred between nations. Is there a connection between the hatred that leads to mass violence and the hatred we all feel from time to time? The filmmaker's father was a refugee from Nazi Germany in 1939. The film opens with their return to his birthplace in east Germany. For the first time, the filmmaker understands what it must be like to have been the object of hatred, as she watches her father's reaction to the places of his childhood. Returning to...

Director : Mitzi Goldman

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 55

Language : English, German

ג'סי אוונס - האיש שהרגיז את היטלר

A documentary. It explores the dramatic tale of Jesse Owen’s athletic dedication, perseverance, and triumph over Hitler’s Aryan supremacy agenda and his resilience against racism both abroad and at home in the U.S. The documentary also features archival Olympic footage and interviews from Owens animation and first-hand interviews from family members, journalists, historians, and athletes including Carl Lewis, and Owen’s daughters Marlene and Beverly Owens.Set during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, and just three-years before the start of WWII, African American track and field athlete Jesse Owens...

Director : Gaines, Andre

Production Year : 2024

Duration : 120

Language : English

We Need to Talk about Kanye

סרט תיעודי. כיצד הפך קניה ווסט לאחד האומנים המצליחים במאה ה21, ותולדות חייו, כולל אמירותיו האנטישמיות.

Director : Stefan Mattison

Language : English

תעוזה רוחנית - סיפורו של הרב אברהם יהושע השל

A documentary film. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was an inspiring figure of the American 20th Century. He was a mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr. and the entire Civil Rights Movement, a leading critic of the Vietnam War, a champion for Soviet Jews, and a pioneer in the work of interfaith dialogue. Through interviews, archival photographs, and rarely seen footage, the film follows Heschel’s upbringing in Warsaw as part of a Hassidic dynasty, his escape from the Nazis and arrival in New York in the 1940s, and his emergence as one of the most influential voices in the world of religion. The film was...

Director : Martin Doblemeier

Production Year : 2021

Duration : 57

Language : English

Reawakening

A short documentary. The film goes back to August 2017, when white supremacists came to town chanting neo-Nazi slogans and rallying just outside their congregation. Since then, members of Charlottesville’s only synagogue have been on a journey against hate. At times, the journey required self-reflection. It required communal action. But no matter what form it took, Charlottesville’s Jews found that standing up for themselves meant standing up for justice in the broader community. Reawakening documents their journey. Through interviews with rabbis and congregants, the film explores how the white supremacy they...

Director : Alexandra Kauffman Horowitz

Production Year : 2019

Duration : 8

Language : English

Reparatios

A short documentary film. Connecting the experiences of Ed Delia , a Holocaust survivor, to the dialogue around financial restitution for slavery in the United States. A human exploration of identity and the value of recompense . This film deals with the Resilience of the Jewish people.

Director : Gregory G. Allen

Production Year : 2020

Duration : 12

Language : English

Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance

A documentary film. During the Civil Rights era, Jewish leaders worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King to advance racial equality. The alliance between African and Jewish Americans began in the early 20th century in response to shared experiences of bigotry and discrimination. In recent years, this once-close relationship has been almost forgotten. With archival material and eyewitness interviews--featuring the late Congressman John Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Susannah Heschel (daughter of Rabbi Abraham Heschel), and members of the King family--this documentary revisits the Black-Jewish cooperation and calls...

Director : Shari Rogers

Production Year : 2020

Duration : 97

Language : English

המשחרר

סידרת טלביזיה של נטפליקס

Director : Greg Jonkajtys

Production Year : 2020

Duration : 47

Language : English

Auschwitz How Could it Happen

סרט תיעודי קצר. לאחר ביקור במחנה ההשמדה אושוויץ, ולאחר מפגש עם ניצול השואה Max Rodrigues Garcia , יצר צלם הסטיל'ס Jack Christiansen ליצור סרט תיעודי כדי שאף אחד לא יטען שהדברים לא התרחשו. בסרט, ויטראז' של תמונות סטיל'ס ידועות ממחנה הריכוז, ומהשילוחים, לצד תמונות ממחאות האפרו-אמריקאים בארצות הברית בשנה האחרונה.

Director : Jack Christiansen

Production Year : 2020

Duration : 36

Language : English

Strange Victory

סרט תיעודי.

Director : Leo Hurwitz

Production Year : 1948

Duration : 64

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