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SHOLEM ALEICHEM : LAUGHING IN THE DARK

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Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich  was born in 1858 in a shtetl in a remote part of Russia that eventually became  Ukraine, and when he grew he eventually became Sholem Aleichem the most celebrated Yiddish writer of all time.  His father was a wealthy merchant who managed to go bankrupt make the family penniless, which was something Sholem would repeat often … Continue reading



SING YOUR SONG

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A revealing documentary on Harry Belafonte the celebrated singer and Tony Award winning actor (and the first African American Emmy Award Winner) who’s extraordinary biography includes a lifetime involvement as an important Civil Rights Activist alongside Dr. Martin Luther King and the other leaders of the movement.  This illuminating insight shows a committed and dedicated … Continue reading



SLEEPLESS IN NEW YORK

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Swiss Oscar-Nominated Director Christian  Frei’s new documentary is his well-meaning attempt to investigate the power of love and how to survive once you lose it.  With the involvement of Dr Helen Fisher PhD a Biological Anthropologist and Professor at Rutgers (and the author of 5 books on ‘romantic love’) Frei follows three love-lorn people as they … Continue reading




STORIES WE TELL

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Canadian actress turned filmmaker Sarah Polley turns the camera on her own family and friends for this fascinating documentary which could have also been titled  ‘All About My Mother’.  To tell her story Polley has enlisted her interview subjects that she calls ‘The Storytellers’ to help piece together the life of her mother Diane Polley … Continue reading



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