Click HERE for song lyrics, etc.
Thanks to videographer Tim Bolger, you can now enjoy excerpts from our 2010 Chicago WITASWAN program (held in conjunction with celebrations of the 3rd annual International SWAN Day).
Meet our special guests Eileen Douglas & Ron Steinman. Eileen introduces their film My Grandfather’s House in Part One. Then Eileen & Ron do a Q&A together (after the screening) in Part Two.
I’m the one in the red sweater (in the MC role). And Leslie Newcorn provides the beautiful voice singing “Birds are Drowsing” (in Yiddish) at the beginning and “I Believe” (in Hebrew) at the end.
Click HERE for more program information
(including links to all program sponsor sites).
WITASWAN:
Women in the Audience
Supporting Women Artists Now!
06.Apr.10 
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Meet The Schvesters:
Recent Films by Jewish Women Filmmakers
Jewish women all around the world are making wonderful movies that we can all see on DVD if only we know where to look for them. On March 7th, we will learn about Jewish life in Argentina, England, France, Israel, Mexico, and yes, the USA through the eyes of our filmmaking schvesters.
Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation
1100 East Hyde Park Blvd; Chgo 60615
Click HERE for more details about this program.
Click HERE for more details about SWAN Day.
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The Gift of the Magi (09 Update): This year my wonderful husband Rich gave me unlimited post-surgical nursing services, & I gave him his own personal eAddress plus his very own Facebook page. Welcome to CyberSpace, Honey J
Photo taken 12/25/09 @ KAM Isaiah Israel’s first (annual?) “Chop Suey & a Movie’—Chinese Food, that’s how the Khaverim traditionally spend Christmas Day.
I was asked for a recommendation, so I provided DVD copies of SIXTY SIX which everyone seemed to enjoy. Huge thanks to the folks @ First Independent Pictures for replying so quickly for our request for screening permission. (Remember, folks: when you show DVDs from Netflix in a public setting, you’re violating copyright!!!) Happy Holidays!
Photo Credit:
Nancy Fritz’s lovely daughter (visiting from Berkeley)
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Filmmaker Mary Skinner was in Chicago yesterday for an advance screening of In The Name of Their Mothers, her new BioDoc about Irena Sendler. Working under the fiscal sponsorship of Women Make Movies, Mary’s rough cut was ready for local investors and others in Chicago’s large and supportive Polish-American community. Ironically, one of the obstacles to completion is funding to pay German archives for rare and emotionally-potent footage from the Warsaw Ghetto.
A Polish Catholic social worker, Irena Sendler was 29 year old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. Working with a trusted group of mostly female colleagues, she managed to rescue approximately 2,500 Jewish children, many of whom survived the war and some of whom were even reunited with family members after the war because of Irena’s meticulous record-keeping.
In the private reception after the screening, Mary said she moved to Warsaw in 2004 and spent five months interviewing Irena, slowly gaining her trust until she agreed to be filmed on camera. The eyes of this 93 year old woman are so clear and forceful that we can all see the determination and intelligence that enabled her to carry forward under such great odds. At one point, Irena says she may not be a perfect person but “I’m very organized.” Indeed! Kudos to Mary and her collaborators for dedicating themselves to this story, and sincere thanks to the Copernicus Foundation for hosting the screening.
Irena Sendler: May her name be for a blessing! Click HERE to access the film’s website.Click HERE to read Irena Sendler’s page on the Vad Vashem website. In The Name of Their Mothers currently runs 59 minutes in English & Polish (with English subtitles).
Mary Skinner (center) with Jan (left) & Elisa Schoenberger (right).
Photo Credit: Dorthea Juul (11/22/09)
Click HERE to order your SWAN Day button:
Support Women Artists Now!
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Click HERE to see Jan’s Discussion Guide: “Who is the ‘Average Israeli’?”
5/30-5/31: Rich & I spent a wonderful weekend in beautiful Lexington, Kentucky as guests of the Lexington Havurah. I was the feaured speaker for a study weekend devoted to Israeli Film. After we left, I left a bit like Cinderella L
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Click HERE to download my FWA review as a pdf.
See LEMON TREE @ Art Houses!
The wonderful new Israeli film LEMON TREE is currently playing in multiple metro art house theatres. LEMON TREE stars Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass (who played “Mouna” in THE VISITOR) & she’s quite simply one of the best actors to be seen on screen anywhere in the world today!
Click here to read my FWA review online.
Click here to read my ’05 CHAT with Hiam Abbass.
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POST-FEST UPDATE:
Click HERE to see addtional pix from visit (featuring director Maria Victoria Menis & husband/producer Hector Menis) on the Chgo YIVO website. (Also includes translation of Yiddish poem by Eliahu Toker used on soundtrack).
Our Chicago Latino Film Festival has scheduled TWO screenings this weekend: Friday (4/24) @ 8:15 PM & Sunday (4/26) @ 5 PM. Both screenings: Landmark’s Century Centre (Clark & Diversey).
Click HERE to read my mini-review in the JUF News.
Click HERE to purchase tickets!
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Argentinean filmmaker Maria Victoria Menis arrives in Chicago tomorrow to show her beautiful new film LA CAMARA OSCURA at our Chicago Latino Film Festival this weekend!
Click here to read mini-review in my April JUFN column.
Click here to see CLFF schedule & order tix.
Photo above taken by our very nice server.
From Left: Maria Victoria, Jan, Rich, & Hector.
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WITASWAN Founder Jan Lisa Huttner & Chicago SWAN Day Coordinator Lisa Schoenberger (in green) celebrate our 3/28th success at a performance of Regina Taylor’s wonderful new play Magnolia (Goodman Theatre/April 1st).
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