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Happy New Year!
We are excited to start 2009 with you and hope you had a wonderful holiday season. We apologize for the last minute update, but Yiddish Theater: A Love Story will be playing at the Sarasota Film Society tomorrow and Sunday. Please tell your friends there. It will also play in the upcoming months in: NYC, Palm Springs, Long Beach CA, and Portland OR. See details below. Praying in Her Own Voice will be playing in: Sarasota, LA, San Diego, NYC, Austin TX, Iowa, and Connecticut. See details below. Due to the overwhelming success of the showing at Temple Emanuel, Out for Love... Be Back Shortly will be back in LA in early February so there is another opportunity to catch this award winning romantic and poignant classic if you missed the last one. See details and info on all our films below. We would be grateful if you forward this newsletter to friends. To sign up to receive it or for any questions/comments/suggestions reply directly to this email or email contact@newlovefilms.com, or call us. Best wishes for health, love and joy and above all PEACE in 2009, Ravit Markus, Dan Katzir NEW LOVE FILMS +1 (323) 939-3261 www.newlovefilms.com |
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January 2009 Screenings |
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Saturday and Sunday January 3rd and 4th 10:00am Yiddish Theater: A Love Story with the Sarasota Film Society at the Lakewood Ranch Cinemas Florida MORE INFO: http://www.filmsociety.org/index.php or Contact (941) 955-3456 |
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Saturday and Sunday January 10th and 11th 10:00am Praying in Her Own Voice with the Sarasota Film Society at the Lakewood Ranch Cinemas Florida MORE INFO: http://www.filmsociety.org/index.php or Contact (941) 955-3456 |
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Tuesday January 13th 7:30pm Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
at the JCC in Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave at West 76th St NY NY 10023 Tickets: $8.00 for Members, $10.00 for Non-Members MORE INFO: http://www.jccmanhattan.org/category.aspx?progid=19119&catid=1023 |
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Monday January 26th 5:00pm Praying in Her Own Voice
hosted by AJR
at the UCLA Hillel
Introduced by Rabbi Mel Gottlieb and Rabbi Lynn Brody (who participated in the film). Q&A following the screening with Rabbi Lynn Brody and producer Ravit Markus For Reservations call 310-824-1586 **Parking located at UCLA Lot#2 for $9.00 on Hilgrad and Westholme. Click link for directions: http://www.biochemistry.ucla.edu/biochem/Faculty/DirectionstoUCLA.html** |
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Thursday January 29th 12:00pm Praying in Her Own Voice
at the Austin Jewish Film Festival Regal Arbor Cinema at Great Hills
9828 Great Hills Trail Austin, TX 78759 MORE INFO: http://www.austinjff.org/2009%20FILMS/Praying%20In%20Her%20Own%20Voice/Praying%20In%20Her%20Own%20Voice.html |
| February 2009 Screenings |
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Tuesday February 3rd 7:30pm Praying in Her Own Voice at the JCC in Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave. at West 76th St NY NY 10023 Tickets: $8.00 for Members, $10.00 for Non-Members MORE INFO: http://www.jccmanhattan.org/category.aspx?progid=19119&catid=1023 |
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Tuesday February 3rd Praying in Her Own Voice
at the University of Iowa Hillel MORE INFO: http://www.iowahillel.org/index.html/ |
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Tuesday February 3rd 7:00pm Out For Love...Be Back Shortly
presented by the Workmen's Circle Los Angeles **Discussion and Refreshments following the film with director Dan Katzir** $5.00 Suggested Donation 1525 S. Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035 MORE INFO: http://www.circlesocal.org/index.html CONTACT INFO: circle@circlesocal.org or 310.552.2007 |
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Wednesday February 11th Praying in Her Own Voice
at the University of Connecticut Hillel MORE INFO: http://www.uconnhillel.org/ |
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Sunday February 15th 2:00pm Praying in Her Own Voice
at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival At the Hazard Center in Mission Valley CONTACT: 858.362.1330 TICKET INFO: http://sdcjc.lfjcc.org/sdjff/2009/information.aspx MORE GENERAL INFO: http://sdcjc.lfjcc.org/sdjff/2009/ |
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Monday February 16th 6:00pm Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
at the Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area **Dicussion following the film with director Dan Katzir** 69-930 Highway 111 Suite 204 Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 FREE
MORE INFO: http://www.desertjcc.com/index.htm |
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Sunday February 22nd 10:00am Yiddish Theater: A Love Story at the Long Beach Jewish Film Festival University Theater Cal State University Long Beach MORE INFO: http://www.alpertjcc.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=LongBeachJewishFilmFestival&category=community_events |
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Tuesday February 24th 7:00pm Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
at the Mittleman JCC in Portland, Oregon 6651 SW Capitol Highway Portland, OR 97219 $5.00 Suggested Donation RSVP: 503.244.0111 MORE INFO: http://www.oregonjcc.org/events.asp#documentary |
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Out For Love… Be Back Shortly A Must See Israeli Classic: Romantic and Important |
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“One of the best and most moving Israeli films ever made” - The National Jewish News “Deeply touching. A wonderful film” - Leah Rabin, wife of assassinated Prime Minister Rabin WEBSITE: http://newlovefilms.com/film_detail.php?recordID=2 SYNOPSIS: Dan Katzir's autobiographical film expresses the outcry of his generation, as it struggles to find love and privacy amidst the reality of daily terror and hate. This film is also an important historic document with rare and shocking footage from the era of assassinated Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. The film is a unique Israeli classic which has garnered over 13 International Awards across the globe in numerous film festivals and a nomination for an Israeli Academy award. It aired on many TV stations including HBO in the US, Channel 4 – UK, Franc2 and Shanghai TV, to name a few. |
| Praying in Her Own Voice The Struggle of the Women of the Wall for Freedom of Worship in Israel |
| A Documentary Film by Award Winning Director Yael Katzir Produced by Dan Katzir and Ravit Markus “Contains passages that convey with nerve-wracking immediacy the level of passion and intimidation that Orthodox Jews of the Holy City can muster... profoundly unsettling.” - Michael Fox/Jewish News Weekly of Northern CA VIEW TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-xjZWX5rlE ADDITIONAL INFO: http://newlovefilms.com/film_detail.php?recordID=4 The film is in English and Hebrew with English Subtitles. 65 minutes. |
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Yiddish Theater: A Love Story |
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A Critically Acclaimed Documentary by filmmaker Dan Katzir and Producers Ravit Markus and Yael Katzir
"Charming...feels like a privilege..." -Kenneth Turan, LA Times “...funny, wistful and resolute...” - Jeannette Catsoulis / NY Times "One of the Top 10 Documentaries of 2007" -Jennifer Merin, About.com TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=UzJynjw_4dw WEBSITE: http://www.yiddishtheater.net/ POSTER: http://yiddishtheater.net/html/poster.htm The film is in ENGLISH (and a little Yiddish with English subtitles) 80 minutes |
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