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Looking forward to

bringing up the lights TUESDAY

in our theatre again! MARCH
23

FILM AVAILABLE
MARCH 23, 8AM,
FILM FOR 48 HOURS

90 minutes
English
Sponsored by:
MY NAME DR. LOUIS & MRS. MILLY CHAYKIN
IS SARA

Sara Goralnik is a 13 year-old Polish Jew whose entire family was
killed by Nazis in September of 1942. After a grueling escape to
the Ukrainian countryside, Sara steals her Christian best friend’s
identity and finds refuge in a small village, where she is taken in
by a farmer and his young wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets
WBTT Founder/Artistic Director Nate Jacobs, troupe members and Stage of of her employers’ marriage, compounding the greatest secret she
Discovery students celebrate the grand opening of the Gerri Aaron & the Aaron
Family Foundation Theatre Building, Feb. 10, 2020. Photo by Sorcha Augustine
must strive to protect, her true identity.
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CLOSING EVENT

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

MARCH MARCH

24 25

FILM AVAILABLE FILM AVAILABLE
MARCH 24, 8AM, MARCH 25, 8AM,
FILM FOR 48 HOURS FILM FOR 48 HOURS

83 minutes
90 minutes English, Hebrew
English with English subtitles

Sponsored by: Sponsored by:
WINTER JOURNEY LORI & DAVID LINER BREAKING BREAD CHERYL & STEVE SHAPIRO

Martin Goldsmith never knew what happened to his parents before In Breaking Bread, exotic cuisine and a side of politics are on the
they escaped from Germany in 1941. Over a weekend, he confronts menu. Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the first Muslim Arab to win Israel’s
his father and we are brought back to the complex 1930s when MasterChef television competition, is on a quest to make social
the parents were young musicians. Late actor Bruno Ganz’s final change through food. In an effort to affect change, she founded the
performance is an impressive farewell to the screen, and to the world A-sham Arabic Food Festival in Haifa, Israel, where pairs of Arab and
of the living. He plays the musician George Goldsmith, confronted by Jewish chefs collaborate on local dishes. A film about hope, synergy,
his son in order to learn the truth about their escape from Germany’s and mouthwatering fare, Breaking Bread illustrates what happens
Nazi Occupation. The film is a hybrid of faux documentary and when people focus on the person, rather than her religion; on the
dramatization, beautifully composed, narrated and executed. public, rather than the politicians.

FILM DISCUSSION k MARCH 26 AT 3PM WITH
DIRECTOR BETH HAWK