The remarkable medieval moneylender, Licoricia of Winchester rose from obscure beginnings to become the personal banker to Henry III and the richest Jewish woman in 13th century England. Twice married, … Continue reading Licoricia of Winchester: an exception who proves the rule?
Australia, South Africa, UK 2020, 106 mins, English Director Francis Annan, featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, this is … Continue reading Escape from Pretoria
This fifty-minute documentary film explores the Holocaust’s impact on the children of survivors, including recorded interviews. They share their families’ true stories and explore the complexities of having Holocaust survivors … Continue reading TRACES – Voices of the Second Generation
Drawing on real events, Shoshana is a romantic/political thriller set in 1930s/early 1940s Palestine. ‘Shoshana Borochov is the real-life figure cutting a dash through Tel Aviv high society in this exciting time … Continue reading Shoshana
Despite being one of the founding members of one the most famous artistic movement of all time, Camille Pissarro remains less well-known than his associates, Cézanne, Monet and Degas. He … Continue reading Camille Pissarro – Father of Impressionism
DAVAR is thrilled to revisit this poignant 1988 comedy-drama. Adapted by Harvey Fierstein from his Broadway play of the same name, the film offers an intimate portrayal of fictional female … Continue reading Torch Song Trilogy
Driven out by Hitler, persecuted by Stalin, Eddie Rosner, the “Jazzman of the Gulag,” was a top Jewish bandleader in the Weimar Republic who fled to Poland during the thirties … Continue reading The Life and Times of Eddie Rosner
This film is shown in conjunction with UK Jewish Film Festival 2024 NOTE - Tickets must be booked via the UKJFF box office A joyful and nostalgic love letter to … Continue reading Once Upon a Time in Algeria
This film is shown in conjunction with UK Jewish Film Festival 2024 NOTE – Tickets must be booked via the UKJFF box office Ownership, history and morality are the poignant … Continue reading The Spoils
This talk will trace the extraordinary life and times of Lithuanian born Alexander Levin, through his 1954 autobiography as a pioneering Hebrew educator across Eastern Europe at the turn of … Continue reading Memoirs of a Pioneering Hebrew Educator: a vanished European heritage and new frontiers in Africa
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