chair

executive director

Lee Brouner
Michael Dzik

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Ann Treadwell, (423) 493- 0270, ext. 13

Ninth Annual Jewish Film Series

Begins at the Jewish Cultural Center
Consecutive Wednesdays March 30 April 27
Sponsor Event March 16
Five Jewish-themed, award-winning films produced in Germany, France, Israel, and England
will be shown on five consecutive Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. beginning March 30 at the
Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 North Terrace Road. These films are suitable for those 16 and
older. Individual tickets are $7.00 per person and include complimentary popcorn and a soft
drink, except on April 27 when Kosher for Passover snacks will be available. These films have
garnered international film awards and nominations, and have received recognition at film
festivals throughout the United States, Europe and Israel.
A unique sponsorship event with take place at 6:00 p.m. on March 16 and includes a
cocktail reception featuring several recipes from Zahav:Modern Israeli Cuisine, the cookbook.
The only Chattanooga screening of the In Search of Israeli Cuisine will be screened following

the reception. The film features Michael Solomonov, a James Beard award winning Best Chef,
as he travels throughout Israel discovering recipes from the over 100 diverse cultures that make
up Israel. Sponsorship opportunities are available for $72 and $90 or for additional information
about the Film Series, please contact Ann Treadwell (423) 493-0270.

The Series schedule is as follows:

March 30 Labyrinth of Lies 2 hours, 4 minutes, German with English subtitles
Labyrinth of Lies was Germanys entry into the 2016 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film.
The movie takes place in Germany from 1958 to 1963 when the prevailing attitude about the
Nazi past was willful amnesia and denial. A new West Germany is being built amid the refuse of
the old. The next generation of Germans is creating a new life for themselves. They dont know
or care about Auschwitz, and their elders prefer it stays that way. This is a fact-based film based
on the 1963-1965 Frankfort Auschwitz trials when twenty-two former Nazis were tried for
murder.
April 6

Dough

1 hour 38 minutes, English

Dough is a funny, witty film about cultural clashes and generation gaps and is an audience
favorite throughout the United States. An older Jewish baker whose business is in crisis and
about to collapse hires a Muslim teenager. They are as different as they can be divided by race,
religion, and age. At first this was not a match made in heaven, but as the recipe for challah
changes, the bakery has unexpected results. The chemistry between the two main characters
changes from distrust and confrontation to overcoming prejudice and finding redemption in
unexpected ways.

April 13 Auf Das Leben (To Life) 1 hour, 30 minutes, German with English subtitles
Winner of the Best German Movie at the Filmball in Vienna in 2015, this film is a drama
featuring an aging Polish born cabaret singer and a young German man. Despite their age
difference and entirely opposite life experiences, they form an intense friendship that gives
reason and purpose for each to live. The film weaves a tale between the present and pre-World
War II Germany. This film features intensely moving, passionate renditions of Jewish music
classics that have been re-recorded and newly interpreted.
April 20 The Kind Words 1 hour, 58 minutes, Hebrew, French with English subtitles
This comic-drama about a Jerusalem family with three quirky, very different siblings which
makes you wonder how they could have all been from the same parents. When their mother dies,
the three siblings come together to mourn. Then the father drops a truth bomb: he has found out
that he is totally infertile and could not possibly be their natural father. This revelation sets off a
quest to find the truth and takes the siblings to Paris and Marseilles. The film provides insights to
issues of identity, family crisis, compromise and love.
April 27 A La Vie (To Life) 1 hour, 44 minutes French with English subtitles
This is a story of three Auschwitz survivors. After fifteen years of searching in Paris Helene
finds Lily in Amsterdam and plans a reunion in Breck-Sur-Mer France, a beautiful beach in the
north of France. The third friend, Rose, who Helene thought died in the Holocaust, arrives at the
reunion with Lily. They share an intimate vacation in the seaside town confessing their secrets of
life, love and friendship. Like life itself, nothing is simple in this absorbing movie.
The Jewish Film Series is made available through the generous corporate support of Chattanooga

Allergy Clinic, Henderson Hutcherson & McCollough, Erlanger Hospital, Southport Capital,
Capital Mark, Monen Family Restaurants, Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, and Chattanooga
Theatre Centre, in addition to donations by more than 80 individual sponsors.

The Jewish Cultural Center, funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga,
offers programs, classes, and exhibits; social services; and a preschoolall rooted in Jewish
values. The facility enables the Jewish community to raise its visibly, foster relationships, and
strengthen its identity in the Chattanooga area. Located at 5461 North Terrace, the Center and
its programs are open to everyone regardless of religious affiliation.
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