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Includes film Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie.
Free for sponsors at the Supporting Cast level and above.

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Parking is available at the Moxy for $5 for the evening.

From the dust of Oklahoma to lox and bagels on Coney Island, Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls shows a whole new side of America troubadour Woody Guthrie that will forever change your mind about one of America’s most well-known musicians, songwriters, and cultural icons.

“I’ll never forget the moment when I first discovered that Woody Guthrie had written some songs for Hanukkah” said the film’s director/producer Steven Pressman who focuses on Woody’s relationship with his mother-in-law Aliza Greenblatt, famed Yiddish poet, immigrant and mother of Guthrie’s wife Marjorie, a Martha Graham dancer.

The film features a musical soundtrack that ranges from Guthrie compositions to klezmer and Yiddish folk.

Steven Pressman, Director, 89 minutes, 2026, USA, in English, Musical documentary

Special Guests: the film’s Producer and Director, Steven Pressman
Writer, Lisa Stark
With a special performance from Nashville’s own Morgxn

Opening Night Reception at Moxy Hotel preceding film
$50 per person for non-sponsors  |  Reservations are needed by August 11.

Between the Stone and The Flower traces the odyssey of Floridian Genie Milgrom as she spends years trying to uncover her Jewish lineage. Born in Havana and raised and educated in Miami as a Roman Catholic from elementary school to university, Milgrom always had a sense of disconnection from her surroundings. Her path to discover her Jewish background is convoluted and forces her to face the option of transitioning from her traditional Spanish Catholic family to Judaism despite the costs to familial relationships.

The film follows trails left by her ancestors and the need to pierce the veil of secrecy they left.

Roberto Otero Morfa, director, 69 minutes, 2024, Spain, in Spanish, Portuguese, English, documentary 

Special Guests: Genie Milgrom and Paul Ladd in a recorded conversation

Set in 1943, In a remote Pyrenean village under Franco’s rule, customs officer Manel Grau begins quietly helping people cross the border from Nazi-occupied France into Spain.

With the help of Juliana, a courageous villager, and Jérôme, a French smuggler, what starts as a solitary act of conscience soon becomes a growing network of silent resistance. As suspicion rises and the regime closes in, Manel finds himself drawn into an increasingly dangerous mission, one that forces him and his wife Mercè to confront the personal and political scars left by the Spanish Civil War. The film in inspired by true events.

Judith Colelli, Director/101 minutes/2025/Spain, Belgium/in Catalan,Spanish, German, French/drama

In a Jaffa bra shop’s fitting room, women’s love-hate affair with their bosom buddies unfolds. As each heroine struggles to find the perfect bra, she bares not just her chest, but her soul, by telling stories frequently funny and resulting in catharses about their relationships to
their breasts.

This film unravels the mystery, myth, and full support between women and their breasts. It’s a story that’s written on our bodies, in every curve, contour, and stretch mark. Against the backdrop of a multicultural city, fitting rooms become sanctuaries where shoppers of all ages embrace vulnerability, baring not just their bodies but their souls. Through candid confessions with their bosom buddies, customers and shop owners alike find empowerment in deeply personal, sometimes heart-rending, and often humorous reflections on womanhood.

Michal Cohen, Director, 68 minutes, 2024, Israel, in Hebrew, documentary

Monday Matinee Lunch at Gordon JCC preceding film at 11:30 am
$20 per person for non-sponsors  |  Reservations are needed by August 17.

Hosted by: W.E.L.L. of the Temple

1974, Paris. Learning that his father was deported by Klaus Barbie to Auschwitz where he was murdered, banker and business consultant Michel Cojot embarks on a journey of discovery to find out what really happened to him during World War II. 

Cojot uproots his family, moving to Latin America to assassinate Barbie, who works for the Bolivian government. He follows Barbie through the winding streets of La Paz, but fearing he would stoop to Barbie’s level by shooting Barbie, he hesitates. 

Cojot ends up regretting his decision. Soon, he gets a once-in-a-lifetime second chance to redeem himself as he find he and his son hostages on the ill-fated hostage takeover in Entebbe.

The film is narrated by multiple Emmy Award winner Jason Alexander.

Boaz Dvir, Director/101 minutes/2025/US, France/in French, English/ docudrama

Set in 1978, Hans Rosenthal, a German TV superstar whose on-air charm hides the trauma of surviving the Holocaust. His audience doesn’t even know he is Jewish. His family was destroyed during the Nazi pogrom of 1938, and he spent his youth in hiding. 

At the height of his fame, he learns that a milestone live episode of his TV game show coincides with November 9 — the 40th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Pressured by network executives to focus on the broadcast rather than attend the country’s first official memorial, Rosenthal must decide whether to entertain an audience of millions or confront his past and the nation’s complicity.

As the countdown to air begins, the film explores celebrity, conscience, and the weight of history, forcing Rosenthal to confront buried memories, self-doubt, and the tension between public image and personal truth.

Oliver Haffner, Director/, 92 minutes/2025/Germany/ in German /biographical drama

Ice Cream Truck Social on the Belcourt patio following the film. $2 per person for non-sponsors. 

Hosted by: THE TENNESSEE HOLOCAUST COMMISSION

From an Oscar, Peabody, and Emmy award-winning team, The Stamp Thief is part detective story, part heist film, and part untold history. It’s an investigation of a story dating back to the Holocaust: a mysterious Nazi stole priceless stamp collections from concentration camp victims and buried the stolen stamps in a small town in Poland.

Embarking on a real-life adventure, Seinfeld producer Gary Gilbert sets out to confirm the story and recover the stamps. His tactic: a fake movie shoot. His goal: to return the stamps to their rightful owners, hopefully delivering a small measure of justice more than 70 years after the Holocaust. It sounds like the plot of a detective novel, but it’s a true tale. 

Dan Sturman, Director, 100 minutes, 2025, USA, in English and Polish, documentary

Seating at The Well and the AMC is limited so reservations must be made in advance.
Pizza Party at The Well preceding film at 5:30 pm
$20 per person for non-sponsors  |  Reservations are needed by August 22.

Hosted by: B’nai B’rith Social CluB

The Muranow neighborhood in Warsaw was a flourishing and important center of Jewish life in Poland. During World War II the neighborhood was turned into the Warsaw Ghetto. After the war, the neighborhood was rebuilt and is now a thriving and beautiful area of the city where thousands of Poles live in the green and spacious parks. Yet its dark past keeps haunting it. Polish residents claim that Jewish ghosts live in the neighborhood. At night they shake off the dust and ashes that cover them and wander the streets they once lived in. Other residents think the ghosts are a metaphor for the life, culture, and memories of the Jewish people buried beneath the ground.

Chen Shelack, Director/70 minutes/2020, Poland, Israel/, in English, Hebrew, Polish/historical documentary

Hosted by: the Vanderbilt University Department of Jewish Studies

Ethan Bloom is many things: A fantastic, affecting coming-of-age film, a sometimes absurdist, sometimes straight comedy, and the story about how we struggle to navigate both the joy and tragedy of life. Thirteen-year-old Ethan is supposed to be preparing for his bar mitzvah, but despite his loving Jewish family, Ethan is convinced his spiritual calling is with the Catholic church under the guidance of Father Diaz.

Moved by the wisdom of an unconventional rabbi and the support and love of his father, (played by The West Wing’s Joshua Malina), and his first romance with a cowboy-boot-wearing girl who can put him in a headlock, Ethan confronts his lies and his grief over the death of his mother, he discovers that faith isn’t about choosing sides – it’s about honoring all the messy beautiful pieces of who we are.

Herschel Faber, Director, 95 minutes, 2025 USA, in English, comedy

Complimentary to senior members of the Gordon JCC. | All other tickets should be ordered online.

Ada Sereni, The Lady in the Black Dress, emigrated to Palestine from Italy in 1927, but returned to Italy in 1945 where she served as the only woman to lead Mossad Le’ Aliyah Bet, the predecessor to the Mossad. Under her leadership, the organization enabled 28,000 Italian Jews to be smuggled into Palestine during the British mandate, yet she was erased from history. This film restores her to her rightful place in the center of 20th century Jewish history.

Noa Aharoni, Director, 60 minutes, 2025, Israel, in Hebrew, docudrama

Double Happiness: After the death of her husband of 50 years, a life-affirming Jewish widow and the tightly wound Chinese-American restaurateur who serves her family every Christmas find themselves drawn into an unexpected late-in-life romance.

Shari Albert, Director, 17 minutes, 2025, English, comedy

Tovah Feldshuh is a towering figure of American theater, film and TV whose list of Emmy and Tony nominations is staggering. For more than 50 years she has been delighting audiences with performances on Broadway like, Fiddler On The Roof, Funny Girl, Golda’s Balcony, Yentl, MIA, and currently on TV’s Nobody Wants This. This film is full of cameos and interviews with recognizable actors providing exclusive interviews, archival footage and behind the scenes access to Tovah all the while tracing her ascent from Scarsdale to major Broadway star. 

With a special recorded welcome and introduction from Tovah Feldshuh.

David Serero, Director, 60 minutes, 2026, USA, in English, documentary