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2025 Film Selections 

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Sunday, January 12 • 2:00pm • Springhill Avenue Temple

Gad, living in the US, returns to France hiding his conversion to Catholicism from family. When parents find out, they try to revert him to Judaism. Gad convinces them his Catholic faith doesn't negate his identity or love for them.

Guest Speaker: Roy Hoffman will lead a discussion 

Light Reception Following Film.

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Vishniac

Thursday January 16 • 2:00pm • Mobile Museum of Art

Roman Vishniac is best known for his iconic images of Jewish life in Eastern Europe from 1935 through 1938. Few predicted that less than a decade later, these communities would be wiped out, and Vishniac’s photographs would provide the last visual records of an entire world. Now for the first time, his story comes to life as a feature documentary.

Vishniac

Reita Franco Memorial Film: The Catskills

Sunday January 19th • 6:00pm • Springhill Avenue Temple

The Catskills is a humorous and nostalgic tribute to what became affectionately known as the Borscht Belt. Through the lens of stand-up comedians delivering their finest routines and the reminiscences of former waiters, entertainers, and dance instructors, the film captures the essence of the family-run resorts and bungalows that served as the inspiration for iconic films like Dirty Dancing. By piecing together personal anecdotes, home videos, promotional images, postcards, and menus, this cinematic time capsule offers a comprehensive overview of Jewish immigration to New York.

Film preceded by a dinner of Borsht Belt old world delights at 6pm. Film begins at 7pm.

The Catskills

The Survivor

Thursday January 23rd • 7:00pm • Fairhope: USA Campus

 Directed by Academy Award-winner Barry Levinson and based on a true story, The Survivor stars award-winning actor Ben Foster as Harry Haft, who, after being sent to Auschwitz, survives not only the unspeakable horrors of the camp, but the gladiatorial boxing spectacle he is forced to perform with his fellow prisoners for the amusement of his captors. Unbeknownst to those who try to destroy him, Haft’s will to survive is driven by his quest to reunite with the woman he loves.

Guest Speaker: Alan Haft, the Fairhope-based author of "Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano" and son of Harry Haft.

Dessert Reception to Follow

The Survivor

The Survivor   

Sunday, January 26 • 2:00pm • Ahavas Chesed Synagogue

 Directed by Academy Award-winner Barry Levinson and based on a true story, The Survivor stars award-winning actor Ben Foster as Harry Haft, who, after being sent to Auschwitz, survives not only the unspeakable horrors of the camp, but the gladiatorial boxing spectacle he is forced to perform with his fellow prisoners for the amusement of his captors. Unbeknownst to those who try to destroy him, Haft’s will to survive is driven by his quest to reunite with the woman he loves.

Guest Speaker: Alan Haft, son of Harry Haft and Fairhope-based author of the book, Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano.

Dessert Reception to Follow

The Survivor

Ain't No Back to the Merry Go Round

Tuesday January 28 • 7pm • USA Laidlaw

In June of 1960, three shocking, unprecedented events happened at “idyllic” Glen Echo Amusement Park: Howard University students arrived up at the Park, and sat down on the carousel. Two, white, middle-aged neighbors, largely Jewish, joined the protests. Three, the American Nazi Party showed up. AIN'T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO-ROUND is the forgotten story of how those three events shook metropolitan Washington, forced sides, changed lives, and ignited sparks that flew out across the Civil Rights Movement for years to come.

Post film comments by  Dr Donald Shaffer, Director of African American Studies, Miss State University 

Ain't No Back

The Goldman Case

Wednesday, January 29th • 7:00pm • USA Campus: Laidlaw

“The Goldman Case,” a French courtroom drama that homes in on Goldman’s 1976 retrial for murder, has thrust him back into the spotlight. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 and became a hit in France, where Jewish actor Arieh Worthalter won a César Award — the French equivalent of the Oscar — for his portrayal of Goldman.

Guest Speaker: David Meola

The Goldman Case

Running on Sand

Thurday, January 30th • 7:00pm • USA Campus: Laidlaw

Aumari, a young Eritrean refugee living in Israel, is about to be deported back to his home country. After a spontaneous escape attempt at the airport, he is mistaken for a Nigerian striker, who is supposed to arrive at the same time.

Closing night reception to follow film

Running on Sand