New York Jewish Film Festival 2001
We are delighted to welcome you to the Tenth Annual New York Jewish Film Festival — a collaboration between The Jewish Museum and The Film Society of Lincoln Center.
This year’s festival offers 33 unique cinematic experiences that together reflect the incredibly rich diversity of the Jewish experience. While the filmmakers come from as far away as Australia, Israel and Switzerland, their work exhibits a common thread in its devotion to the illumination of Jewish culture. You will find a wide range of themes, from commitment to social justice in films like Scottsboro, to a passion for music, as seen in The Brian Epstein Story and The Jazzman from the Gulag, to a dedication to keeping the faith in the hilarious Obsessed with Jews. Please join us for these ten days of exploration, intrigue and celebration at the 2001 New York Jewish Film Festival.
This festival was organized by a committee consisting of Rachel Chanoff, Chair, Film Festival Selection Committee; Anita Jacobs, Film Festival Manager; J. Hoberman, Senior Film Critic, The Village Voice; Richard Peña, Program Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center; and Aviva Weintraub, Director of Media and Public Programs, The Jewish Museum.
This international festival is made possible by generous support from The Martin and Doris Payson Charitable Foundation, The Liman Foundation, The Jack and Pearl Resnick Foundation, the New York State Council of the Arts, a State Agency, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and other funders.
Still from First of the Name. Sabine Franel, France/Switzerland, 1999, 112 min.
