A scene from "Tollbooth."
Jewish Heritage Film Series
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and Castle Hill Productions celebrate 100 years of legacy with screenings of 10 feature and documentary films that embrace the talents and history of Jewish heritage. Films are in English unless otherwise noted: June 18-23; Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale; $8, $7 seniors and students, $5 FLIFF members, $60 Fast Pass for access to all films, $40 members:
WEDNESDAY
• Line King: The Al Hirshfeld Story, documentary takes a look at works by renowned artist Al Hirshfeld, whose caricatures of celebrities were featured on playbills and in The New York Times: 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
• The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton, documentary about the courage and determination of a young English stockbroker who saved the lives of 669 children between March 13 and Aug. 2, 1939: 5:45 p.m.
• Hester Street, film about a young Jewish woman who comes to America in the 1890s, only to discover that her husband has found a new life and is dating another woman. In English and Yiddish: 8 p.m.
JUNE 20
• Partisans of Vilna, film chronicles the endeavors of Jewish resistance fighters during World War II and the Holocaust: 5:45 p.m.
• The Greenhouse, film about a professor who makes up a story to his granddaughter about how his son was heroically killed in World War II. In French with English subtitles: 8 p.m.
JUNE 21
• Alan and Naomi, film is set in the 1940s and is about a young Jewish boy who helps a young girl come out of her shell after she watched her father die at the hands of the Nazis: 3 p.m.
• The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, film tells the story of baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg, through archival footage and interviews with Jewish and nonJewish fans, former teammates, friends and his family: 5 p.m.
JUNE 22
• The Boat is Full, film about refugees who sneak into Switzerland from Germany during World War II. They are allowed to stay at an inn if they pose as a family. In German with English subtitles: 1:45 p.m.
• The Tollbooth, film explores the life of a Jewish family in Brooklyn through the eyes of a struggling painter in her first year of art school: 4 p.m.
JUNE 23
• Left Luggage, film about a rebellious student struggling with her relationship with her parents, who are concentration camp survivors. In English, Hebrew and Yiddish: 7 p.m.
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