We are pleased to announce the 2022 Stowe Jewish Film Festival (SJFF) is back in person this year! After 2 years of a virtual festival due to the Covid pandemic, the SJFF will present a hybrid festival in 2022, combining in-person and virtual screenings for four films. This year's theme is The Jewish Experience: a multiplicity of cultures, languages, countries, traditions, and colors. Patterns of immigration have taken Jews all over the world, melding and merging, creating hybrid cultures and complex identities.
The 2022 SJFF features films exploring the dramatic journey of Jews from Ethiopia to their new home in Israel, the relationship of members of a Texas Jewish merchant family with their Mexican neighbors at the start of the 20th century, the lives of the few remaining members of the ancient Jewish community of Cochin, India, and the Cuban/Latin music and dance scene in '50s and 60's NYC and the Catskills.
Tickets for all films are available to purchase online through the festival's marketing partner Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center.
https://www.sprucepeakarts.org/stowe-jewish-film-festival-2022/
Film Details:
July 13, 7:00 pm - Yerusalem at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center
The Incredible Story of Ethiopian Jewry traces the dramatic journey of these people who struggled to find their way back to the heart of the Jewish people after centuries of isolation.
July 21, 7:00 pm - Unraveling at the Big Picture, Waitsfield
"Did Pancho Villa really try to kill my grandfather?" While attempting to unravel a family mystery, the filmmaker reveals a dynamic story of borderland relations between a Texas Jewish merchant family and their Mexican neighbors at the beginning of the 20th century.
July 27, 7:00 pm - The Missing Tale at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center
A sensitive and intimate portrait of the few remaining members of the ancient Jewish community of Cochin, India.
July 31, 7:00 pm - Mamoniks Ahora! at Jewish Community of Greater Stowe in Stowe
A wonderfully entertaining story about the irresistible appeal of music and dance. Crossing geographic and cultural boundaries, the Mambo became a sensational trend in the 50s among Jews in New York, Miami and the Catskills.
Following the film screening, we will celebrate the finale of the 7th season of the Stowe Jewish Film Festival in the JCOGS tent with a free dessert buffet and a dance party with a DJ and Mambo/Salsa dance instructor. GET OUT YOUR DANCING SHOES and join us!
You can purchase tickets for all films at
https://www.sprucepeakarts.org/stowe-jewish-film-festival-2022/
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