We are please to inform you that the Washington Jewish Film Festival
is taking place from today until May 13th
and that IDC will receive a $3 discount off the ticket price with the code IIDC3.
In particular, we would like to signal you the two Italian movies below, on May 5th and 6th respectively.
The Maestro: In Search of the Last Music
Saturday, May 5, 6:15 PM | Bethesda Row Cinema
Wednesday, May 9, 6:15 PM | E Street Cinema
For more than 30 years, one man has single-handedly taken on a unique challenge: tracking down, archiving, and performing all the pieces of music written and composed in WWII camps.
The film captures a gripping quest to overcome oblivion, and to preserve the memory of these women and men-of all nationalities and backgrounds-who turned music into an act of ultimate resistance.
Following past tributes to the Jewish communities of Egypt and Rhodes, Ruggero Gabbai presents a moving portrait of the thriving Jewish community that once resided in Libya.
From Italian colonization, through foreign domination, and delicate cohabitation with the local Arab population, the film depicts the life of the Jews of Libya who lived in the country for centuries until the events of 1967, when violent riots forced them to leave and never come back.
-Note adapted from the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival
