NYJFF 09 Screening of "Facing the Wind" with "My Father’s Palestinian Slave" January 15, 2009

New York Premiere
"Facing the Wind"
Gilad Reshef | Israel | 2006 | 50m

Oran Almog is an Israeli teen who lost his eyesight and five family members in a suicide bombing in Haifa. Here, Oran displays extraordinary character and perseverance as he prepares for his bar mitzvah, establishes a competitive sailing club for the blind, and lives life as a regular kid.

screening with:

New York Premiere
"My Father’s Palestinian Slave"
Uri Appenzeller and Nathanel Goldman Amirav
Sweden | 2007 | 52m

Having grown up with his mother in Sweden, documentary filmmaker Nathanel Goldman spends a year living in Jerusalem with his Israeli father Moshe Amirav, a veteran peace activist. After Goldman befriends his father’s landscaper, an undocumented Palestinian, he grapples with his own privilege and skeptically observes his father’s employment practices and politics.

Thu Jan 15: 3:15 and 8:15pm