Jewish films at the Latino Film Festival
The International Latino Film Society is including several films dedicated to the Jewish experience as part of the programming of the 2008 International Latino Film Festival. This program is generously sponsored by the Alexander and June L. Maisin Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. The acclaimed Festival, which celebrates the diversity of Latino culture through the timeless medium of film, runs from November 7 — 23, 2008. All films include English subtitles. The Jewish-themed programming for the 2008 festival includes:
“The Fire Within: Jews in the Amazonian Rainforest” Dir. Lorry Salcedo Mitrani, 2008, Peru, 118 min. In the 19th century, many young Jewish men, descendants of Spanish Sephardic Jews, left Morocco for the Amazonian town of Iquitos, Peru, seeking fortunes in the rubber boom and also starting new families that would use their Jewish surnames. This is the story of those children and their descendants in the journey for identity and spirituality.
November 20, 2008, 6:00 PM Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco
“Glass House” Dir. Brad Marlowe, 2006, USA, 78 min. This is the untold story of how El Salvador, one of the smallest countries in the world, facilitated one of the most successful rescue operations of World War II. Thirty thousand Jews were issued life-saving certificates of citizenship thanks to Consul General José Arturo Castellanos. http://www.latinofilmfestival.org/2008/?p=98
November 22, 2008, 6:00 PM Dominican University of California, Angelica Hall 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael
Post screening reception: ¡Lechaim El Salvador! Sponsored by the Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation, Co-presented by the Consulate General of El Salvador, San Francisco. Please join us for an intimate reception. Enjoy delicious Latin appetizers, fine wine, and music in the company of film lovers and filmmakers. This special evening celebrates the courage of the Salvadoran and Jewish communities, and the triumph of the human spirit. Special invited guests include "Glass House" director Brad Marlowe, producer Leonor Avila Marlowe, and executive coordinator, Juan Torres, as well as 2008 ILFF tributee Gregory Nava (El Norte).
Creekside Room, Dominican University of California 50 Acacia Avenue San Rafael
