• Title:
• Short Films Big Laughs

• Director:

• Various

• Various, 90 minute

• Venue:
• Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater

• Purchase Tickets:
• Show 1 is Sold Out.

A Good Joke
USA, 2005, video
3 minutes
English
Director: Nick Fox-Gieg

What do you get when you have a bitter Pope and a wise (or wisecracking) Rabbi?  This animated short is a classic  set up and punch-line.

Chutzpah This Is?
USA, 2005, video
35 minutes
English
Director: Rick Kent

The official Hip-Hop-Umentary charts the trials and tribulations of the Jewish Hip Hop trio, Chutzpah—starring Dr. Dreck as George Segal (as Dr. Dreck?), Master Tav and MC Meshugenah—as they try to make the music video that will save their record deal. Also featuring cameos by Gary Oldman, Debi Mazar and Def Leppard’s Vivian Campbell.

Naturalized
USA, 2006, Video
8 minutes
English and Russian with English subtitles
Director: Julia Kots

A Russian immigrant argues with his overbearing family as he attempts to undergo the ultimate rite of male Jewish identity.

The Tribe
USA, 2005, video
17 minutes
English
Director: Tiffany Shlain

Official selection of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and narrated by Peter Coyote, The Tribe weaves together archival footage, graphics, animation, Barbie dioramas and slam poetry to show audiences the complex history of both the Barbie doll and the Jewish people.

The Unchosen Ones: Lost in the Holy Land
USA, 2005, video
24 minutes
English
Director: Iris Bahr

Featured at the Cannes Short Film Corner in 2005, The Unchosen Ones tells the tale of Samantha Goldberg, who is in on a Hebe Singles Tour and finds herself suddenly abandoned by the group, only hours before the highly anticipated wife-picking ceremony. On a frantic mission to reunite with the group, she encounters a slew of strange, silly and sordid characters–-all played with gusto by Director Iris Bahr (Larry David’s infamous ski lift companion on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”)

• Purchase Tickets:
• Show 1 is Sold Out.