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Opening Day DOUBLE Feature

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IN SEARCH OF ISRAELI CUISINE
4:00 PM

U.S.A.
English/Hebrew with English Subtitles
Director: Roger Sherman
Documentary: 97 Minutes

A mouth-watering treatA portrait of the Israeli people told through food, the film profiles chefs, home cooks, farmers, vintners, and cheese makers drawn from the more than 100 cultures of todays Israel Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian. Through interviews at farms, markets, restaurants, kitchens, landscapes, and historyaudiences will discover that this hot, multi-cultural cuisine has developed only in the last 30 years. Israels people and their food are secular, outward looking and innovative.

Sponsor:
Introduction: Margi Lenga Kahn, Food Columnist, St. Louis Jewish Light

Reception sponsored in part by A Taste of Jerusalem. Enjoy a sample selection of Israeli cuisine after the screening of In Search of Israeli Cuisine.

NORMAN LEAR: JUST A DIFFERENT VERSION OF YOU
7:00 PM

U.S.A.
English
Director: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Documentary: 90 minutes

Producer, writer, activistStill working at 93, Norman Lear, the man behind such hugely influential shows as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Maude, also produced films including Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, and Fried Green Tomatoes. Featuring interviews with Lear and George Clooney, Bill Moyers, John Amos, Amy Poehler, Jon Stewart, and others, the film focuses on points in Lears life that help to understand the man under the iconic hat.

Sponsor: Morrie Zimring
Introduction: Richard Chapman, Senior Lecturer Screenwriting, Washington University