Cinema Club in light of the virus....
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How about a Virtual ORT Film Outing?
Although we can't see a movie together at the theater or gather at a restaurant,
we can have our ORT Cinema Outing on Zoom. We choose two movies to watch separately and then
hold a Zoom gathering to meet/greet and discuss the films. It's happening!
The first Zoom meeting was August 16, 2020.
Since then, we have been coming together on the second Sunday of every month at 4:00 on zoom.
August (2021) movies are
Arranged 2007. 1hour 30 minutes. Rotten Tomatoes: 89% audience liked. Free on Amazon Prime. Vudu, from $3.99
The film centers on two young women, one an orthodox Jew, the other a devout Muslim, who meet and become friends at a public school in Brooklyn, and eventually bond over the similarities of feeling like an outsider because of their conservatism in their faiths.
Ida 2013. 1 hour 22 minutes. Rotten Tomatoes: 79% audience liked. YouTube from $1.99. Amazon Prime premium subscription. Google Play Movies & TV from $1.99
In 1962, Anna is about to take vows as a nun when she learns from her only relative that she is Jewish.
Both women embark on a journey to discover their family story and where they belong.
Please let Marian Cohen know if you're interested.
She will include you on the zoom email and tell you what has been chosen for the month.
Contact Marian at marianc@umich.edu or 734-761-4578.
Additional information is to be found in Marian's annual report below
ORT VIRTUAL FILM OUTING REPORT
AUGUST, 2020—APRIL 2021
The ORT Virtual Film Outing began meeting on Zoom in August, 2020, to discuss films from the Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival last summer. There were approximately 12 participants during August and September, 2020. The group decided to continue on a monthly basis and to choose films with some Jewish connection from a list generated by group members. There are now 16 participants and we have been meeting monthly since then. We have recently decided to expand our range of movies to include some that do not have a Jewish theme or connection. We are scheduled to meet through June, but may decide to continue beyond that.
In addition, several of our members have also informed our group about other online Jewish Film Festivals
and movies, interviews, movie reviews, etc., which have expanded opportunities for viewing and learning about movies with a Jewish connection in addition to those we have discussed in our group.
Movies we’ve seen:
August, 2020:
Abe
Crescendo
September, 2020:
The Tobaccanist
The House of Wannsee Street
October, 2020:
The Spy (miniseries about Israeli spy, Eli Cohen)
November, 2020:
The Red Sea Diving Resort
The Jewish Cardinal
December, 2020:
(Movies by director, Danny Ben-Moshe)
Shalom Bollywood
Outback Rabbis
Code of Silence
January, 2021:
To Each Her Own
School Ties
February, 2021:
Playing for Time
Windermere Children
March, 2021:
A Call to Spy
The Last Resort
April, 2021:
Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Movies planned for--
May, 2021:
The Dig
The Little Traitor
June, 2021:
Saferad
The Matchmaker (2010 Israeli film)
Report submitted by Marian Cohen.
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AUGUST, 2020—APRIL 2021
The ORT Virtual Film Outing began meeting on Zoom in August, 2020, to discuss films from the Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival last summer. There were approximately 12 participants during August and September, 2020. The group decided to continue on a monthly basis and to choose films with some Jewish connection from a list generated by group members. There are now 16 participants and we have been meeting monthly since then. We have recently decided to expand our range of movies to include some that do not have a Jewish theme or connection. We are scheduled to meet through June, but may decide to continue beyond that.
In addition, several of our members have also informed our group about other online Jewish Film Festivals
and movies, interviews, movie reviews, etc., which have expanded opportunities for viewing and learning about movies with a Jewish connection in addition to those we have discussed in our group.
Movies we’ve seen:
August, 2020:
Abe
Crescendo
September, 2020:
The Tobaccanist
The House of Wannsee Street
October, 2020:
The Spy (miniseries about Israeli spy, Eli Cohen)
November, 2020:
The Red Sea Diving Resort
The Jewish Cardinal
December, 2020:
(Movies by director, Danny Ben-Moshe)
Shalom Bollywood
Outback Rabbis
Code of Silence
January, 2021:
To Each Her Own
School Ties
February, 2021:
Playing for Time
Windermere Children
March, 2021:
A Call to Spy
The Last Resort
April, 2021:
Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Movies planned for--
May, 2021:
The Dig
The Little Traitor
June, 2021:
Saferad
The Matchmaker (2010 Israeli film)
Report submitted by Marian Cohen.
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