Public Programs Calendar

Sisai - West Coast Premiere, Israel, 2005, 54 minutes, Amharic, and Hebrew with English subtitles. In this emotional, eye-opening documentary, Ethiopian-Israeli director David Gavro introduces us to his adopted younger brother Sisai and invites us on an extraordinary journey to find the father that Sisai has never known. In San Francisco and Berkeley, followed by panel discussions as part of Spotlight on: Ethiopian Jews and Jews of Color.

Preceded by

Motherless Haya - North American Premiere, Israel, 2004, 14 minutes, Hebrew, with English subtitles. Haya Zelka, an Ethiopian teenager in the Israeli town of Ramla turns the camera on herself.

Co-presented by MoAD and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

For more infromation visit www.sfjff.org.

Carrie Mae Weems: The Louisiana Project.

The Louisiana Project is an installation incorporating still photography, narrative, and video projection. Weems draws inspiration from the city’s Carnival rituals and the meanings of masking and masquerade. Reception includes wine, light appetizers, and the music of the Marcus Shelby Jazz Trio.

Live and Become - In this sweeping, emotional saga from the director of Train of Life, an Ethiopian boy from a Sudanese refugee camp is airlifted to Israel during Operation Moses, which transported 8,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 1984. Adopted by a Mizrahi family, Shlomo grows up, falls in love and serves in the Israeli army but is plagued throughout by two secrets: He was not born a Jew and is not an orphan. Radu Mihaileanu has created a monumental drama following one young man’s epic quest for his roots and identity.

Co-presented by MoAD, The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and the San Francisco Black Film Festival

For more information visit www.sfjff.org