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Blue Box - Film Screening

Presented by Boston Jewish Film at West Newton Cinema, Newton MA

Nov 07 2022
Blue Box - Film Screening

Eye-opening, illuminating and brave, Blue Box is essential viewing for open and honest conversations about painful truths.

Generations of Israelis and Jews grew up putting coins into the Jewish National Fund’s (JNF) Blue Boxes, helping to purchase lands that would become the State of Israel. Filmmaker Michal Weits explores the figure of her great grandfather Joseph Weits, a leading figure in the JNF. Pouring through diaries and confronting family members, she tries to reconcile her great grandfather’s contributions and his controversial legacy in the creation of the Jewish state.

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ADMISSION INFO

Additional time info:

Followed by a conversation with Director Michal Weits and her father/film subject Rami Weits via Zoom*
Streaming Available: 11/10/22 12:00 AM - 11/13/22 11:59 PM
Watch begins November 10

LOCATION

West Newton Cinema

1296 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02465

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