Tag Archive: Documentary
{High School Student Critic Review} - The Breadwinner
By Caleb Feinstein, High School Student Critic The Breadwinner, directed by Nora Twomey, tells the interesting story of Parvana and her life in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Living in poverty, Parvana and her injured father frequent the market to sell what little they have. Despite their living conditions, the family is comforted by the vivid stories told [...]
Quest: An Intimate and Moving Tale of Love, Family & Hope!
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel For nearly a decade, filmmaker Jonathan Olshefsi followed the lives of the Raineys, a black “working–poor” family living in North Philly. He was given unfettered access to the family, or as he put it “I became like furniture”. The doc begins with the Obama family’s arrival at the White [...]
Dancers Light Up the Screen
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Happy anticipation reigns at the Burns as we await the return of Dance on Film, our annual celebration of dance, running from Nov. 1-9. This year’s program offers everything from classic ballet, to ballroom, tap and contemporary styles…in other words, something for everyone! Here are a few highlights sure [...]
Beautiful, Powerful, Mysterious Nature
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Waters rise, winds roar, fires burn and the earth shakes…. Mother Nature certainly has our attention! What better time for our annual series Focus on Nature (Oct 5-30) during which we explore her power, her beauty, her mystery, and how we humans impact planet Earth. Groundbreaking (no pun…) films [...]
Contemporary Arab Cinema, a Week of Provocative Films and Engaging Conversations
By Lina Matta, curator of Contemporary Arab Cinema I never understood the tipping point that could start or end a war. I was 13 when civil war broke out in Lebanon and in the States when it “ended” 15 years later. How one day’s murderous hate could become tomorrow’s coexistence still mystifies me. Our Opening [...]
A Guide to Sounds of Summer 2017
By Sophie Cowley With summer right around the corner, the Burns is gearing up for its annual Sounds Of Summer series! From June 29 to August 17, the Burns will be showing timeless classics like Stop Making Sense alongside exciting new music documentaries like Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World and I Am The Blues. The [...]
Classroom to Screening Room
At the end of May we welcomed students from Alexander Hamilton High School in Elmsford, AMD Middle School in Ossining, and White Plains High School in White Plains for a screening of I Am Not Your Negro and discussion with producer Hébert Peck via Skype, Woodlands High School Assistant Principal Mandel Holland, and President of the [...]
All things JAZZ!
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Are you ready? You are not going to want to miss the amazing selections in this year’s Jazz Sessions: The Greats on Camera series, May 18–June 22, including five rousing films and four live performances! We kick things off by celebrating the incomparable Satchmo! Will Friedwald, longtime friend of the Burns, [...]
Taking A Front Seat At The Art House Cinema
By Sophie Cowley With the mounting success of streaming platforms and the ever-growing convenience of personal devices like tablets and iPhones, some believe that the cinema is becoming a thing of the past. But the Jacob Burns Film Center heartily disagrees. Why Art House? When you arrive at an art house like the Jacob Burns, [...]
Curtains Up
By Dotty Battel, JBFC Marketing Volunteer “The play’s the thing…” William Shakespeare is not the only one to feel that way…we do too (about film as well!). That said, we are giving a standing ovation to Life on the Stage: Conversation and Film, a new dynamic film series created in collaboration with The Actors Fund. [...]
JBFC Announces Ticket Price Reduction for Family Programs
All tickets $5 starting in April
Big Screen, Big Movies: A Celebration of the Cinema Epic
Now Showing through April 20
Jewish Film Festival 2025
Apr. 23–29: Tickets on Sale Now