Dear Friends The Film"Live and Become", the winner of 18 out of 18 U.S. Audience Awards, opens on February 1st in New York City at the following locations .
The Paris Cinema 4 West 58th Street New York, NY (212) 688-3800 http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/midtown/sidestreets/west58th/index.htm Landmark's Sunshine Cinema 142 East Houston Street between 1st & 2nd Ave New York, NY 777-FILM #687 http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/NewYork/SunshineCinema.htm Please forward this email and tell your friends and colleagues to see this wonderful film! More info is below. Menemsha Films *** Info and TRAILER at www.menemshafilms.com. Direct link to trailer: http://www.menemshafilms.com/index.php?cid=35464&src=gendocs&link=live_and_become_trailer . LIVE AND BECOME is the magnificent, epic story of an Ethiopian boy who is airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel in 1984 during Operation Moses. Schlomo is plagued by two big secrets: He is neither a Jew nor an orphan, just an African boy who survived and wants, somehow, to fulfill his Ethiopian mother's parting request that he "go, live, and become." Buoyed by a profound and unfaltering motherly love both in his memory and in the arms of his adoptive mother he ultimately finds an identity and a happiness all his own. The Washington post STYLE interview, "A Young Actor's Exodus Across Time and Space," is at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121502032.html. AWARDS: Winner of the Audience Award at the Berlin International Film Festival; nominated for 4 French Cesar Awards- won Best Screenplay; winner of 18 audience awards at U.S. film festivals. SIRAK M. SABAHAT BIO: Sirak M. Sabahat, Live and Become's lead, originates from the agricultural village of Walita in northern Ethiopia. At age 12, he and his family trekked across Ethiopia then spent five months in a refugee camp before being airlifted to Israel with other Jewish Ethiopians. Their journey was part of Operation Solomon, a joint U.S.-Israeli mission to help repatriate Israel's lost tribe, Beta Israel, and save them from poverty and starvation. Sabahat, 24, received his high school diploma in 1999 from a boarding school for gifted children, where he was one of few black faces. He then continued on to study acting and theatre at the University of Ha?fa. He has received acclaim in Israel for his stage and television work, including a major network role as the host of a children's show. He is also the writer, director, and star of a one-man show, From the Bible to the Subway, and helped write and direct the Ethiopian community scenes in Live and Become. For his starring role as Schlomo in Live and Become, he was nominated for an Israeli Oscar, the first person of color to receive that distinction. He has spent the past year traveling the United States, speaking to students, community organizations, and individuals. Says Sabahat, "I speak on behalf of Africa's mute children. Having survived death, my commitment now is to help those who can't help themselves." For further info see www.menemshafilms.com or contact Neil Freedman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
