Fresno Jewish Film Series Temple Beth Israel 6622 N. Maroa, Fresno, CA September 16, 2017 – April 14, 2018 EIGHT FULL LENGTH MOVIES OPENING NIGHT “SRUGIM” | SEASON THREE SINGLE SCREENING: $8 September 16, 2017 SEASON TICKET: $50 THE FRISCO KID | *Deli Service DELI SERVICE AVAILABLE ON 4 DATES* Delightful comedy. In 1850 a new rabbi sets SINGLE DELI MEAL: $12-$15 out from Philadelphia toward San Francisco, DELI MEAL SEASON TICKET: $50 across the wild west, helped by a cowpoke DELI SERVICE: 5:45 PM bandit. "Rabbi Belinski encounters many “SRUGIM”: 6:30 PM different kinds of people in his journey. He is MAIN FEATURE: 7:15 PM confronted with many new cultures and RESERVATIONS & TICKETS pressures, but never abandons his beliefs. He (559) 439-9638 may learn to ride, but not on Shabbat. He is happy to make friends with anyone who will respect him in his "differentness" just as he respects them.“ (Swank Motion Pictures)
October 7, 2017 | DENIAL Acclaimed writer and historian must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when a renowned denier sues her for libel. (Swank Potion Pictures)
November 11, 2017 FANNY’S JOURNEY |*Deli Service Young Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi occupied France but many dangers are ahead of them. Based on a true story, this is an incredible tale of bravery, strength and survival, a story of a daring young girl who will stop at @fresnojewishfilm nothing and fears no one. (Menemsha Films) www. fresnojewishfilm.org Fresno Jewish Film Series 2017-18 FRESNO JEWISH FILM SERIES CALENDAR 2017-18
December 2, 2017 | BRIDE FLIGHT A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides. -Some adult scenes- (Music Box Films, Inc.)
January 20, 2018 | CLOSED SEASON *Deli Service In 1942, Fritz and Emma hide a Jewish refugee at their remote farm in the Black Forest. Fritz suggests an unorthodox deal and asks Albert to participate. The consequences are dramatic. -Some adult scenes- (Menemshma Films)
February 17, 2018 | AIDA’S SECRETS The discovery of records from WWII sparks a family’s quest for answers as two brothers separated as babies reunite with each other and their elderly mother, who hid more from them than just each other. (Music Box Films, Inc.)
March 17, 2018 | RABIN – IN HIS OWN WORDS Yitzhak Rabin himself tells his dramatic life story in a film with lots of great original historic footage. (Menemshma Films)
April 14, 2018 | LIVE AND BECOME | *Deli Service The magnificent, epic story of an Ethiopian boy who is airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel in 1984 during Operation Moses. Shlomo is plagued by two big secrets: He is neither a Jew nor an orphan, just an African boy who survived and wants, somehow, to fulfill his Ethiopian mother’s parting request that he “go, live, and become.” Buoyed by a profound and unfaltering motherly love – both in his memory and in the arms of his adoptive mother – he ultimately finds an identity and a happiness all his own. (Menemsha Films)