Jamaica’s music and Jews
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor Christopher Columbus was shipwrecked in Jamaica for more than a year in ...
Tag: documentary
'Rosenwald' celebrates forgotten benefactor
Julius Rosenwald’s philanthropy supported African American schools and artists By MICHAEL FOX The recent history between Jews and African Americans, ...
'Amy': Just a Jewish girl from North London
The new documentary about Amy Winehouse humanizes the story of an immensely talented and troubled singer By MORDECAI SPECKTOR I ...
PBS doc examines 'Seeds of Conflict' in Middle East
Disputes over the lands of the Middle East have lasted as far back as most people can remember; a new ...
Accompanying ‘Iris’ (+ film review)
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR It’s unfortunate that it turned out this way. The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) scheduled screenings ...
When revolution was in the air
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR A playful trailer for Al Milgrom’s new film, The Dinkytown Uprising, begins with a dramatic trumpet fanfare ...
Nat Hentoff stands up for free speech
In addition to his career as a leading jazz critic, New York-based journalist Nat Hentoff has gained a reputation, over ...
'The Green Prince' opens Friday
The Green Prince, a documentary film by Israeli director Nadav Schirman, probes the stranger-than-fiction life of Mosab Hassan Yousef, the ...
Motivated by righteousness
50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany, by Steven Pressman, Harper, 296 ...
Simon Schama returns to his roots
The five-part documentary, 'The Story of the Jews' — spanning 3,000 years of Jewish history — will be broadcast in ...
