Hi Everyone, Women Make Movies is excited to share information about a new collection of documentaries entitled FOCUS ON JEWISH WOMEN now available at a special discount to educational institutions and community groups. A substantial addition to curriculums in both Jewish and Women's Studies, the complete collection can be viewed at: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/specialCollectionsandOffers/PDF/Jewish_Films07.pdf
As a non-profit media arts organization we are committed to helping scholars integrate educational media into their curriculum so please feel free to contact us any time should you need any programming advice at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by phone at 212-925-0606 ext 360. ******************************************************** Highlights from the FOCUS ON JEWISH WOMEN collection include: SENTENCED TO MARRIAGE (MEKUDESHET) Internationally acclaimed and award-winning documentary that exposes the Kafkaesque process of divorce for women in Israel where secular law does not exist, and divorce is dealt with according to archaic and fundamentalist orthodox Jewish law. http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c660.shtml KEEP NOT SILENT Winner of the Israeli Oscar for Best Documentary, as well as eight international awards, Ilil Alexander's stunning debut film boldly documents the clandestine struggle of three women fighting for their right to love within their beloved Orthodox communities in Jerusalem. All three are pious, religiously committed women. All three are lesbians, and members of a secret support group called the "Ortho-Dykes." http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c653.shtml MY LAND ZION In this provocative personal essay, sixth generation Israeli Yulie Cohen Gerstel grapples with the "official" history of her country and the reality she sees around her. http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c663.shtml DARING TO RESIST: THREE WOMEN FACE THE HOLOCAUST In this gripping documentary, three Jewish women recall their lives as teenagers in occupied Holland, Hungary and Poland, when they refused to remain passive as the Nazis rounded up local Jewish populations. http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c483.shtml ******************************************************** For more info on Women Make Movies visit: www.wmm.com ******************************************************** Olivia Newman Women Make Movies 462 Broadway Suite 500 New York, NY 10013 t 212.925.0606 x.317 f 212.925.2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.wmm.com Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
