A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor donates his violin of 70 years to a local instrument drive, changing the life of a 12-year-old school girl from Bronx, and unexpectedly, his own. A poignant story about the power of music and small acts connecting people across generations and cultures.
Halit is very overweight. Still, she is a happy woman who has achieved professional success, has good friends and a loving life partner. At the age of 40 she begins to fear the future. The film follows the process of change Halit is going through and enables us to see her confronting her open wounds…
Award-winning writer Nir Baram grew up in a political household. Both his father and grandfather were members of the Knesset and ministers. As Baram begins to lose faith in the possibility of a two-state solution, he decides to travel throughout the West Bank to speak with the local Palestinians and…
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a group of New York Broadway artists come down to New Orleans to make a change. Reopening the doors of the storm-damaged St Mark’s Community Center, they hold auditions for the musical “Once On This Island” and stage the show with thirteen kids…
SYNOPSIS: Ten-year-old Dujuan is a child-healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages. As he shares his wisdom of history and the complex world around him we see his spark and intelligence. Yet Dujuan is ‘failing’ in school and facing increasing scrutiny from welfare and the police.…
She lived in Cairo, Paris and New York, but died in an old age home in Givatayim. She was admired and beautiful, but only few knew her during her life and even less after she had passed away. She was the first to write of Levantine and Mizrachi identities, as no one before her had done. Director Rafael…
Utah is renowned for its contrasting geological diversity, which delights tourists and sports enthusiasts, from skiers to mountain-biking aficionados. On one side, snow-capped mountains surround the capital, Salt Lake City, which hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics. On the other side, arid deserts give…
When the Ioway Tribe was forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands to a reservation in Kansas, Ioway leader White Cloud (the Younger) believed the move would ensure survival for his people. But broken treaties, land loss, the end of communal living, and attempts to diminish their unique language…
*PARENTAL ADVISORY: This documentary deals with heavy themes of suicide and substance abuse. Some parts may be triggering for certain audience members* When Eddie Gough was adopted at six months old, he began a life isolated from his Indigenous roots. After a long struggle with feeling displaced…
In this video Prema Dasara dances through the Prayer of Motivation and then gives detailed instruction on the meditation, the movement, the mudras. Written by Prema Dasara, this prayer is the foundation of our spiritual practice. It is based on the intention to manifest our human potential; wisdom,…
After several suicide attempts and psychiatric hospitalizations 16 year old Belle takes exception to a streaming internet series depicting 13 reasons why a fictional teen commits suicide. Belle disrupts society’s mistaken beliefs about individuals with mental illness. She offers a distinctive lens…
Join us for a fascinating journey - both mystical and practical - on the Kabbalah's look into the future. From the beginning of time through our current technological revolution, take a deeper look into the energy stored in sub-atomic particles, the new global community, the future of the internet,…
