What does Joseph's violin mean to him?
Filmmaker Kahane Cooperman discusses the significance of Joe's Violin.
Classroom Clip: Place and Identity
This clip is the opening scene of the film. We meet each brother as an older man and hear in his own words his memory of the Holocaust and the cave and their reasons for returning to Italy some 70 years later to retrace their survival during World War Two.
Classroom Clip: Memories of Home
The brothers return to see their childhood home in Campoli from where they were forced to flee. They share memories of their father planting four Cypress trees, now full grown, in their garden - one for each of his sons. They also recall the night of their escape. While unable to enter the home, walking amidst the grounds each brother quietly experiences his connection to memory and place.
Behind the Lens: How does individual memory of the Holocaust
Tamar Tal Anati explains how the three brothers in Shalom Italia each have a different perspective and understanding of the truth when remembering the past.
Classroom Clip: Truth or Legend
The three brothers eat a meal together and recall how they procured food while in hiding in the cave. Bubi retells a version of history that is different than Emmanuel’s memory. The brothers explore if absolute truth is relevant to history and the role of stories and legend.
Classroom Clip: Salty Sardines
The three brothers drive in Tuscany and talk about the experience of being in the cave. Emmanuel, the eldest, has a strong memory of hunger, running out of food and having only sardines to eat. One third of a sardine per person per day was the ration. The story of salty sardines sparks Bubi’s memory of sardines and leads him to realize why he couldn’t stand to eat sardines as an adult.
Joe's Violin - Trailer
In the Oscar-nominated Joe's Violin, a donated musical instrument forges an improbable friendship. 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Joe Feingold and 12-year-old Bronx school girl Brianna Perez show how the power of music can bring light in the darkest of times, and how a small act can have a significant impact.
Shalom Italia - Trailer
In Shalom Italia, three Italian Jewish brothers set off on a journey through Tuscany, in search of a cave where they hid as children to escape the Nazis. Their quest, full of humor, food and Tuscan landscapes, straddles the boundary between history and myth – a profound, funny, and endearing exploration of individual and communal memory.
What is Presenting Princess Shaw about for you?
Ido Haar explains what his film Presenting Princess Shaw means to him.
What is the role of YouTube in Presenting Princess Shaw?
Presenting Princess Shaw director Ido Haar talks about YouTube's role in the film.
Classroom Clip: Chasing Rainbows
Samantha "Princess Shaw" Montgomery sings "Over the Rainbow," then shares one of her original songs with the YouTube audience. She says, "This is my song," and then she invites producers to add to it, but not steal it.
Classroom Clip: Kutiman Orchestra
Kutiman explains that Princess Shaw has no idea that he is using her YouTube a cappella music and producing a Kutiman Orchestra piece with it.
Classroom Clip: This is My Song
Princess Shaw hears her song mixed on YouTube or the first time, then Kutiman hears the song attributed to him on Israeli radio.
Presenting Princess Shaw - Trailer
Samantha Montgomery placed her dreams on YouTube. Then they became a reality. Presenting Princess Shaw is the extraordinary story of an aspiring musician, down on her luck, who inspired internationally famous musician, composer and video artist Ophir "Kutiman" Kutiel to create a magical collaboration that would bring her talent to a whole new audience.
Behind the Lens: Who are the White Helmets?
Director Feras Fayyad describes the volunteers who are rescuing their neighbors, friends, and families, and protecting their city.
Behind the Lens: What is the relationship between the subjec
Director Feras Fayyad discusses the dilemma that many Syrians face: Should we stay or should we leave the country that we love?
Behind the Lens: How did you begin filming Last Men in Alepp
Director Feras Fayyad discusses why he started filming Last Men in Aleppo.
Classroom Clip: Ceasefire at the Playground
A rare outing for area children is disrupted when aircraft are spotted.
Classroom Clip: Visit From a Hero
We see the impact of bombing on the psyche of young victims as the boys rescued by Mahmoud desperately cling to him.
Classroom Clip: Rescue
We see Mahmoud dig out three children from underneath bombed-out rubble. Two
young boys are alive. A baby is dead.
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