Members Get Early Access During Pre-Sale—JBFC member pre-sale opens Tuesday, March 4 at noon. Tickets go on sale to the general public Tuesday, March 11 at noon.
Long thought to be a lost film, Breaking Home Ties was one of a handful of feature films made in the 1920s to portray everyday Jewish life in the U.S., which was facing a scourge of antisemitism led by the Ku Klux Klan and Henry Ford. Set in New York, the film tells the story of David Bergmann, who fled pre-revolutionary Russia for America thinking he killed his friend in a jealous rage. As David becomes a lawyer and woos his beloved Rose, his family and his past come back to haunt him. In the 1980s, the National Center for Jewish Film rediscovered the movie in a German archive and lovingly restored it.
Screening with a new contemporary music soundtrack—From Grammy winning musician Steve Berlin (Los Lobos) and artists drawn from some of today’s legendary Americana, R&B and indie rock bands. A collaboration produced by Reboot Studios, the score was composed, performed and recorded by Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Mocean Worker (aka Adam Dorn), and Scott Amendola (Charlie Hunter/Amendola Duo), with additional music from Nels Cline (Wilco), Yuka Honda, Gretchen Gonzales, and Joey Mazzola.
