The Rabbi Marc Jagolinzer Jewish Experience Series
ARTS & CULTURE: SHAPING THE FUTURE, REFLECTING THE PAST
Part of the Annual Roving Eye International Film Festival
The Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival has partnered with Roger Williams University (RWU), to present its Fall-edition of the annual Roving Eye International Film Festival.
The popular and acclaimed festival celebrating global cinema and artists, announces its Fall 2019 sidebar program on the Jewish Experience through short films, documentary, media and guest speakers. The event takes place November 5, 6 & 10th.
This year’s series explores representations of the Jewish experience in Israel, across the globe and the Holocaust through 10 recent films.
The series includes a talk by the Rev. Nancy Hamlin Soukup, University Multifaith Chaplain, RWU.
All programming will take place on the Bristol, RI, campus of Roger Williams University at the Mary Teftt White Cultural Center and the Global Heritage Hall, Room 01.
"The annual Rabbi Marc Jagolinzer Series tells the stories of the Jewish experience globally through film and scholarship. These are stories of joy, sorrow, faith, a rich culture, diasporas, fear and ultimately, hope,” said the Rev. Nancy Hamlin Soukup, RWU University Multifaith Chaplain co-organizer of the event with Flickers.
All programming is free of charge and open to the public.
The Fall Jewish Experience sidebar of the Roving Eye Festival is presented in partnership with Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, the Helene and Bertram Bernhardt Foundation, the RWU School of Humanities, Arts and Education, Dean Cynthia Scheinberg, RWU Department of Communication, Graphic Design and Web Development, Dr. Robert Cole, Department Chair, the RWU Hawk’s Herald, WQRI, RWU Hillel, and the Spiritual Life Office.
HOW WE SEE OURSELVES…
Documentary and Narrative Film Screenings with Director's Discussion
WRITE ME
Directed by: Pearl Gluck | 7 min. United States, 2019
Write Me, a poetry film, follows an older woman who joins other survivors in reclaiming the histories tattooed on their bodies. The film is adapted from and driven by an award-winning poem, “After Auschwitz,” written by Deborah Kahan Kolb.
SHEHITA
Directed by: Dean Gold | 26 min. Canada, 2018
A Yiddish-speaking Jewish community in Quebec begins to unravel after a horrific discovery stirs up demons from the past. Tensions rise between a young farm owner, a kosher inspector, and a rabbi who must make a grave decision before the eve of Shabbat closes in.
REFUGE
Directed by: Sara Logan Hofstein | 22 min. Austria, 2018
After her recent move to Vienna as a negotiator with the IAEA, Rachel is overcome by the
inherited trauma of her family’s Holocaust past when her life unintentionally intersects with a
displaced Syrian refugee family. With guidance from a former refugee, she searches for
understanding which could alter her life and destiny.
THE OUTER CIRCLE
Directed by: Adam Baroukh | 12 min. United Kingdom, 2019
The Outer Circle is a portrait of four generations of the Fattals as they gather for their annual feast in Mama’s house on Rosh Hashanah. The story takes place in Regents Park townhouse furnished in gilded tissue-box covers, ivory statuettes, marble fruit decorations, and enough Persian rugs to stock a small vendor. Midway through a gruelling Orthodox conversion, Daniel and his fiancée Katherine are eager to gain the blessing of his intimidatingly large and loud Iraqi Jewish family.
AMERICA (FORMERLY GOLDEN STATE)
Directed by: Jonathan Avigdori and Rani Sa'ar | 32 min.USA, 2018
A comedy about a group of Israelis who come to the United States in order to pursue the
'American dream' and the ongoing challenges that each one of them must face while trying to
manifest such dreams.
Location: Global Heritage Hall, Room 01
Roger Williams University, One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Cost: Free Admission
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6th:
MEMORIES NEVER DIE Documentary and Narrative Film Screenings with Director's Discussion
LILY
Directed by: Adrienne Grubien | 26 min. | USA, 2019
Artist, fugitive, trailblazer…the incredible true story of Lily Renée, who escaped Nazi-occupied Vienna as a teenager, and went on to become one of the true pioneers during the Golden Age of comics.
MOON DROPS
Directed by: Yoram Ever-Hadani | 16 min. Israel, Serbia/Montenegro, 2018
A factory worker assembles an enigmatic machine that produces liquid drops from the moonlight.
SUSTAINABLE NATION
Directed by: Micah Smith | 60 min. India, Israel, USA, Uganda, 2019
Sustainable Nation, an hour-long documentary from Imagination Productions, follows three individuals working to bring sustainable water solutions to an increasingly thirsty planet. Using solutions developed in water-poor Israel, they are working to
Location: Global Heritage Hall, Room 01
Roger Williams University, One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Cost: Free Admission
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10th:
THE STORIES WE TELL. THE STORIES WE SHARE
Documentary Film Screening
CHILDREN OF THE INQUISITION
Directed by: Joseph Lovett | 124 min. Brazil, Spain, United States, 2018
Children of the Inquisition is a two hour documentary film, immersive website, and educational outreach project that unearths 500 years of hidden history. The project looks at what happened to the families forced to convert to Catholicism or flee during the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions through the eyes of their contemporary descendants, many of whom are just discovering their often nuanced Jewish roots. Our storytellers uncover the connections between their families’ journeys and this buried history. The discoveries of these flights to safety allow our characters access to a fuller understanding of how their lives were shaped by a perilous history. After 6 years of shooting in 12 cities spanning 4 continents, Children of the Inquisition is more than just a film. It’s an opportunity to better understand our complex world and identities.
Location: Global Heritage Hall, Room 01
Roger Williams University, One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Cost: Free Admission
Reception Follows at 4:15 p.m. in the Atrium
Sponsored by RWU Spiritual Life Office
THE STORIES WE TELL. THE STORIES WE SHARE – PART II
Documentary Film Screening with Director's Discussion
DAVE GRUSIN: NOT ENOUGH TIME
Directed by: Barbara Bentree | 98 min. United States, 2019
Millions of people all over the world love the music of Dave Grusin. “Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time,” is a full-length documentary about the legendary award-winning music producer, composer and pianist. Grusin’s work during his extensive six-decade career has resulted in some of the most moving and memorable music for iconic films and television shows including “Tootsie,” "The Firm," “On Golden Pond,” “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” and “Three Days of the Condor” to name just a few. The film is being produced with the full participation from Dave Grusin and his family.
“Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time” explores Dave's meteoric rise from rural Colorado to being one of the most influential composers and arrangers of the last century. Of his eight Academy Award nominations he took home the Oscar for Best Original Score for “The Milagro Beanfield War.” Grusin was also nominated for thirty-eight Grammys (winning 10) one Emmy award and four Golden Globe awards. He has partnered with an illustrious list of industry icons including Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty, Steven Spielberg, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Renee Fleming, James Taylor, Paul Simon, and many, many others.
GUEST SPEAKER Rev. Nancy Hamlin Soukup, RWU Multifaith Chaplain.
The Rev. Nancy Hamlin Soukup is the University Multifaith Chaplain and Director of the Office of Spiritual Life at Roger Williams University. She has been working in campus ministry for over a decade, first at Brown University and now at RWU. Overall, Rev. Soukup has three decades of experience in higher education. Her areas of expertise include pastoral care, liturgy and worship, social justice, and both modern secular and religious history. Since coming to RWU, she has been responsible for the support of student spiritual care primarily but also offers the same to faculty, staff, and alumni. Furthermore, she seeks places where multifaith dialogue can be nurtured on campus. Rev. Soukup has a M.Div. from the Episcopal Divinity School and M.A. in modern European history from Boston College (human rights history). She will complete her D.Min. At Hartford Seminary, Writing About the role religious groups play in modern refugee crises.
Location: Global Heritage Hall, Room 01
Roger Williams University, One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Cost: Free Admission
ABOUT ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY:
Roger Williams University located in Bristol, R.I. is a leading independent, coeducational university with programs in the liberal arts and the professions, where students become community- and globally-minded citizens. With 42 academic majors, an array of co-curricular activities and study abroad opportunities on six continents, RWU is an opencommunity dedicated to the success of students, commitment to a set of corevalues and providing a world-class education above all else. In the last decade, the University has achieved unprecedented successes including recognition as one of the best colleges in the nation by Forbes, a College of Distinction by Student Horizons, Inc. and as both a best college in the Northeast and one of the nation’s greenest universities by The Princeton Review. For more information, go to: www.rwu.edu.
ABOUT FLICKERS' RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:
The Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), has secured its place in the global community as the portal for the best in international independent cinema, earning the respect of domestic and foreign filmmakers, filmgoers and trend watchers. This confluence of art and commerce brought together world-class celebrities, award-winning filmmakers, new talent and audience members in record numbers last year. Ranked as one of the top 10 Festivals in the United States, RIIFF is a qualifying festival for both the Live Action, Animation and Documentary Short Film Academy Awards through its affiliation with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and the Canadian Screen Awards.. There are only 10 film festivals worldwide that share this distinction and RIIFF is the only festival in New England. The Festival takes place every August.
For more information about the Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, running August 4-9, 2020 at The Vets (formerly Veterans Memorial Auditorium), please visit our website at www.RIFilmFest.org or call 401.861.4445.
RWU PARKING INFORMATION:From Providence: Take Routes 136 South or 114 S passing campus on the left. Take a left at the traffic light just before the Mount Hope Bridge, onto Old Ferry Road. Take the first right into the parking lot.
From Newport: Take 114N over the Mount Hope Bridge and take the first right off the bridge onto Old Ferry Road. Take the first right into the parking lot.
Guests should enter through the main entrance at the fountain. they will be able to obtain a guest parking pass. Lot 24a will be blocked off for guests of the festival. Proceed through the main entrance through to the lot 24a on left. This event will take place in the Global Heritage Hall.
The Fall Jewish Experience sidebar of the Roving Eye Festival is presented in partnership with Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, the Helene and Bertram Bernhardt Foundation, the RWU School of Humanities, Arts and Education, Dean Cynthia Scheinberg, RWU Department of Communication, Graphic Design and Web Development, Dr. Robert Cole, Department Chair, the RWU Hawk’s Herald, WQRI, RWU Hillel, and the Spiritual Life Office.
