Monday, May

DC PREMIERE Documentary

FIDDLER’S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN

Dir. Daniel Raim | 88 min USA | 2022

2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, which Pauline Kael designated “the most powerful movie musical ever made.” Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison’s quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim draws on behind-the-scenes footage, archival stills, and original interviews with Jewison, Topol (Tevye), composer John Williams, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small.

Saturday, May 14, 6:15 PM – Bethesda Row Cinema

Sunday, May 15, 12:30 PM – EDCJCC MID-ATLANTIC PREMIERE Documentary

THE FORGOTTEN ONES

Dir. Michale Boganim | 93 min France, Israel | 2021 French and Hebrew w/English subtitles

Like their European counterparts, many Sephardic Jews and Jews from Arab lands left their homelands for the promise of freedom and opportunity in Israel. Unbeknownst to them, these Mizrahim were to be relegated to bleak transit camps and development towns and kept from enjoying full rights of Israeli citizenship.

Through interviews and rich archival footage, Franco-Israeli director Michale Boganim explores the history of discrimination against socalled “non-white” Jews in the Promised Land.

Wednesday, May 18, 6:30 PM – Bethesda Row Cinema