November 30 - December
10, 2000
An Exhibition of International
Cinema
News,
3/16/2001
THREE
OSCAR NOMINEES PREMIERED AT WJFF
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
March 2001
Contact: Jennifer L. Katz
301-365-0660
[email protected]
WASHINGTON, DC - Jan Hrebejk's Divided We Fall; Daniel Anker and Barak Goodman's Scottsboro: An American Tragedy; and Joan Stein's One Day Crossing, all nominees for this year's Academy Awards, had their DC Premieres at the 11th Washington Jewish Film Festival this past December.
Divided We Fall, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film (from the Czech Republic), was the Closing Night film of the Festival. Following the screening at The Lincoln Theatre (700-plus people in attendance), a reception was held at the Embassy of the Czech Republic. The film was voted as one of the favorite films of the Festival.
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy, nominated for Best Documentary Feature, also won the 2000 Washington Jewish Film Festival's Audience Award for Best Documentary. Following the sold-out screening, a compelling panel discussion was held with Director Daniel Anker; Deidre Cross, former Scottsboro resident; Maurice Jackson, visiting Associate Professor of History, Georgetown University, former DC and national member and leader of the Communist Party, USA; James Miller, Professor of English and American Studies, and Director of Africana Studies, George Washington University. The panel was introduced and moderated by E. Ethelbert Miller, Co-Chair of The Humanities Council of Washington, DC. This screening was part of the on-going Windows and Mirrors series (celebrating shared traditions between the African American and Jewish communities), co-sponsored by the DCJCC and the African American Resource Center at Howard University.
One Day Crossing, nominated for Best Live Action Short, was presented as part of an experimental film program. The film was very well received and the audience was delighted to have the opportunity to speak with first time Director Joan Stein, following the screening.
The 11th Washington Jewish Film Festival: An Exhibition of International Cinema presented 45 features, documentaries and shorts from 13 countries, in six venues, during the Nov 30 - Dec 10, ten-day Festival. The 12th Washington Jewish Film Festival will take place November 29 - December 9, 2001. For updates on Festival information and on The Screening Room, the Festival's year-round repertory film series, please visit the Web site at www.wjff.org or call 202-777-3248.
The Washington Jewish Film Festival: An Exhibition of International Cinema is presented by The District of Columbia Jewish Community Center's Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts.
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