Philosophers and Fools
Diane Arieff
November 6, 1997
This earthy, lyrical film by writer-director Ali Nassar is easilyone of the festival\’s brightest highlights.
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Film
Los Angeles Sephardic Film Festival
Eric Silver
October 30, 1997
\”Soleil\” will debut here at the Director\’s Guild on Oct. 28, the gala opening of the second annual Los Angeles Sephardic Film Festival, sponsored by the Sephardic Educational Center.
21 Years Ago: Jewish Leaders Condemn Tribute to Riefenstahl
Tom Tugend
September 4, 1997
Leni Riefenstahl\’s long career ranges from silent-screen actress to recent underwater photographer, but her name is invariably linked to her 1934 film, \”Triumph of the Will.\” Shot at a Nuremberg party rally, it is considered one of the world\’s most notorious propaganda documentaries, in which she used brilliant cinematic techniques to glorify Hitler and the Aryan ideal.
Straight Talk About Blacks and Jews
Diane Arieff
July 24, 1997
Among Jews, the subject of black-Jewish relations inevitably brings to the surface two impassioned, if not unrelated sentiments: a liberal nostalgia for the integrated social activism of days gone by and an embittered cataloguing of the latest anti-Semitic soundbites to come out of the mouths of black leaders.
The Lost Children
Tom Tugend
May 29, 1997
In April 1942, the Gestapo closed down the Grosse Hamburgerstrasse Schule, the last Jewish school in Berlin.
Family Business
Diane Arieff
May 22, 1997
Back in the heyday of the self-made Jewish movie moguls, the studios were, to a certain degree, family businesses.
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