Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2009
Skirball Cultural Center presents three recent films exploring Latin Jewish Life in Film; My Mexican Shivah – Morirse Esta en Hebreo – Thursday, May 21, 7:30 p.m., The Year My Parents Went on Vacation – O Ano Em Que Meus Pais Sairam de Ferias – Thursday, June 4, 7:30 p.m., Our Disappeared – Nuestros Desaparecidos – Sunday, June 14, 2:00 p.m.
Latin Jewish Life in Film is presented as part of the Skirball’s ongoing Viva! initiative, exploring the connections between Jewish and Latin American cultures through lectures, conversations, and performing, visual, and media arts.
“Film has become an increasingly important medium for Jewish artists in Latin America to express themselves,” notes Jordan Peimer, Skirball Director of Programs. “We’re excited to present three examples of contemporary Latin cinema. Each film gives voice to a unique and fascinating aspect of the Jewish experience in Latin America, where the encounter between tradition and contemporary culture produces three very different Jewish stories”
About the Films
My Mexican Shivah – Morirse Esta En Hebreo Thursday, May 21, 7:30 p.m.
When Moishe (Sergio Kleiner) passes, his family and friends sit shivah, the seven-day Jewish mourning ritual. The spirit angels Aleph and Bet observe what the mourners say about the deceased to calculate which angel will accompany Moishe’s soul to the afterlife. Set in Polanco, the Jewish quarter of Mexico City, My Mexican Shivah is a dramatic comedy about how the death of a man results in the celebration of his life. Based upon a short story by acclaimed Mexican-Jewish writer and cultural critic Ilan Stavans. (Mexico, 2007, 98 min. No MPAA rating. In Spanish, Yiddish, and Hebrew with English subtitles.)
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation – O Ano Em Que Meus Pais Sairam de Ferias Thursday, June 4, 7:30 p.m.
Set in Brazil during the 1970 World Cup, this poignant coming-of-age story thrusts twelve-year-old Mauro (Michel Joelsas) into a maelstrom of political and personal upheaval. When his left-wing parents are forced underground, Mauro is left in the care of his Jewish grandfather’s neighbor (Germano Hauit) in S
The Skirball Cultural Center Presents Latin Jewish Life in Film, Featuring Screenings of Three Thought Provoking Recent Films
