A STARRY SKY ABOVE THE ROMAN GHETTO
Un Cielo Stellato Sopra Il Ghetto Di Roma
Thursday, February 24, 7:30 PM

Followed by a discussion with Director Giulio Base

Susan S. Goode Fine and

Performing Arts Center

Virginia Wesleyan University

5817 Wesleyan Drive

Virginia Beach

Tickets: $12

Limited seating, pre-purchase strongly suggested.
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Led by a talented ensemble of young actors, this inspirational interfaith story is a reminder of the importance of memory, coexistence and resolving generational friction. When teenaged Sofia finds a wartime photo of a Jewish child hidden in an old suitcase, she enlists the help of a group of students from Rome’s Jewish community to discover the fate of this person. Her quest will have life-changing consequences as she discovers the truth about the child’s history, as well as that of her own family. The film offers a refreshing look at history through the eyes of a new generation.

TANGO SHALOM
Saturday, February 26, 7:30 PM
Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center Virginia Wesleyan University
5817 Wesleyan Drive, Virginia Beach
THE BIG SATURDAY NIGHT CELEBRATION INCLUDING CHAMPAGNE AND DESSERT RECEPTION
Followed by a conversation with the film’s stars, ____ and ____
Director Gabriel Bologna | 115 min
USA | 2020
English | PG-13

BEN GURION, EPILOGUE

FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION WITH PRODUCER AND EDITOR, YAEL PERLOV

Sunday, February 27

2:30 PM

Susan S. Goode Fine and

Performing Arts Center

Virginia Wesleyan University

5817 Wesleyan Drive

Virginia Beach

Tickets: $12

Limited seating, pre-purchase strongly suggested.
Join us in the theater or watch at home, LIVE!

Director Yariv Mozer | 70 min

Israel | 2016

Hebrew with English Subtitles | Not Rated

An interview with David Ben-Gurion, one of modern history's greatest leaders, emerges from the obscurity of an archive where it has lain unrecognized for decades. It is 1968, and Ben-Gurion is 82 years old, five years before his death. He lives in the seclusion of his home in the desert, remote from all political discourse, which allows him a perspective on the Zionist enterprise. His introspective soul-searching is the focus of this film, and his reflections provide a surprising vision for today's crucial decisions and for the future of Israel.

Yael Perlov is the two-time winner of the Israeli Academy Prize for film, laureate of the Art of Film prize of the Ministry of Art and Culture, senior lecturer at the Film and Television Department at Tel Aviv University, and is currently a visiting scholar at Duke University.

As part of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Simon Family JCC, Embassy of Israel and community partners’ 11th annual Israel Today series.

HESTER STREET
Monday, February 28, 7:00 PM
A sparkling new 4K restoration in honor of the film’s 40th anniversary
MAL VINCENT’S PICK
Naro Expanded Cinema
1507 Colley Avenue, Norfolk
Includes a conversation with Mal Vincent and Rabbi Michael Panitz
Director Joan Michelin Silver | 89 min
USA | 1975
English | PG