A look into the past
We have saved our past film series logs for your knowledge base. If you need assistance finding a past film or have suggestions for future seasons, please email Artistic Director Dorothy Goldstone at dorothygoldstone@gmail.com.
Dough
July 11, 2016 | 2015 (94 Min) NR
Directed by: John Goldschmidt
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Jerome Holder, Phil Davis
Curmudgeonly widower Nat Dayan (Jonathan Pryce) clings to his way of life as a Kosher bakery shop owner in London’s East End. Understaffed, Nat reluctantly enlists the help of teenager Ayyash (Jerome Holder), who has a secret side gig selling marijuana to help his immigrant mother make ends meet. When Ayyash accidentally drops his stash into the mixing dough, the challah starts flying off the shelves and an unlikely friendship forms between the old Jewish baker and his young Muslim apprentice. Dough is a warmhearted and humorous story about overcoming prejudice and finding redemption in unexpected places.
Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein
Our Speaker
Opening Night Speaker Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein knows a lot about challah baking! Rubenstein, a master Challah baker, co-founded the inspiring Bread and Torah Organization with his wife, Rabbi and Torah scribe Linda Motzkin. Rabbis Rubenstein and Motzkin will be running workshops and leading services throughout the weekend. For more information about the rabbis and their work , visit http://breadandtorah.org/
Crimes and Misdemeanors
July 28, 2016 | 1989 (104 Min) PG-13
Directed by: Woody Allen
Written by: Woody Allen
Starring: Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
Rick Winston
Our Speaker
Rick Winston was the co-owner of Montpelier’s Savoy Theater for 29 years, and was Programming Director for the Green Mountain Film Festival for 14 years. He has taught film history at Burlington College, Community College of Vermont, Goddard College, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and has made presentations throughout Vermont on film history.He is the Author of the book “Red Scare in the Green Mountains: Vermont in the McCarthy Era 1946-1960”.
Son of Saul
August 5, 2016 | 2014 (93 Min) PG-13
Directed by: László Nemes
Starring: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn
Languages: Spanish, English subtitles
A special joint presentation with the Colonial Theater of this year’s Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Film: Son of Saul It is a grueling portrayal of the most horrendous event in human history. The film explores the boundaries of being human and how we can we keep our dignity in a cruel, human-less world.
Eve Marko
Our Speaker
BHC is honored to welcome Spirit Holder Eve Marko, co-founder of the Zen Peacemakers’ “Bearing Witness at Auschwitz Program.” Marko brings a deeply personal perspective as a child of survivors and later the co-founder of Zen Peacemakers’ annual Bearing Witness Retreats at Auschwitz-Birkenau. This film, as challenging as it is, could also be transformative, and Marko will guide us into and through the experience. To learn more about Zen Peacemakers’ founder Bernie Glassman, the Bearing Witness Program, and the Three Tenets (Not-knowing, Bearing Witness, and Loving Actions), please visit http://zenpeacemakers.org/zen-peacemakers- the-beginning/.
Above and Beyond
August 11, 2016 | 2014 (90 Min) NR
Directed by: Roberta Grossman
Written by: Sophie Sartain, Sophie Sartain
Starring: Mina Alon, Richard J. Carson, Eddie Cohen
This celebrated film produced by Nancy Spielberg portrays the little-known story of the Jewish-American pilots who volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence. This ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war and prevented the possible annihilation of Israel at the very moment of its birth; they also laid the groundwork for the Israeli Air Force.
Arthur Bernstein
Our Speaker
Our guest speaker, Arthur Bernstein, lived through this era and volunteered as a seaman for the Bet Aliya sealift effort that carried thousands of refugees across the Mediterranean to Israel. He has since served as President of American Veterans for Israel, the organization of Americans who served in Israel’s War of Independence.
Deli Man
August 25, 2016 | 2014 (92 Min) PG-13
Directed by: Erik Greenberg Anjou
Starring: Steve Auerbach, Adam Caslow, Alan M. Dershowitz
A look at the history of delicatessens in the United States. Deliciously funny.
Ted Merwin
Our Speaker
Ted Merwin is the author of “Pastrami on Rye, An Overstuffed History of the JewishDeli,” winner of a 2015 Jewish Book Award. Merwin is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Dickenson College (PA) and Director of the college’s Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life. He writes about Jewish theater, dance, and food for the New York Jewish Week and other major newspapers and magazines. Film and deli lovers will have a chance to purchase autographed copies of his book after the film. For more info about Merwin, see http://www.tedmerwin.com/
Other Film Series
We have saved our past film series logs for your knowledge base. If you need assistance finding a past film or have suggestions for future seasons, please email Artistic Director Dorothy Goldstone: dorothygoldstone@gmail.com