Jewish Film Series

Past event
Mar 23, 2019, 7 to 9:30 PM

Third movie of Jewish Film Series - A World Apart - will be shown Saturday March 23 at 7p.m. at the Oldcastle Theatre Co Main St. Bennington . Molly (Jodhi May), a white teenage girl living in Johannesburg during the 1960s, finds her life turned upside down when her leftist parents become targets of the pro-apartheid South African government. Discussion following this movie will be led by Tony Eprile an award winning writer and a member of Congregation Beth El who grew up in South Africa where his parents were good friends of Nelson Mandela who showed up at his house when he was running from the police. Tony's family knew the people who are the subject of this film and talks about how their lives were very similar Free admission

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