Observer Editor, Online
Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival
May 5–26. Annual festival of documentary and feature films on Jewish themes. Includes both in-person screenings at the State Theatre (except as noted) and different films made available each week to stream anytime. $12 per film; virtual festival pass, $50–$150. Various times & locations. jccannarbor.org/film-festival. (734) 971–0990.
Online May 13 (8 p.m.) through May 19 (10 p.m.): “Golda's War Diaries” (Yariv Mozer, 2023). Documentary about the Yom Kippur war that draws on recently released documents from Israel’s then prime minister, Golda Meir. “Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre” (Duki Dror, Noam Pinchas, & Yossi Bloch; 2023). Harrowing minute-by-minute chronicle of the Hamas-led attack on an electronic music festival in Re’im, Israel on October 7, 2023. Hebrew, subtitles. “The Boy in the Woods” (Rebecca Snow, 2023). Docudrama about a Jewish boy escaping Nazi persecution in Eastern Europe. “The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes” (Yariv Mozer, 2022). Documentary that reveals recently rediscovered transcripts in which Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann boasts to a Nazi Dutch journalist about his role in planning and executing the Holocaust. Hebrew & German, subtitles. “The Monkey House” (Avi Nesher, 2022). Comic drama about a Palestinian filmmaker investigating a complex scam concocted by a left-wing Israeli novelist. Hebrew & Arabic, subtitles.
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