Tag Archive: Documentary
Arab Cinema's Fifth Installment is a Series of Firsts
By Contemporary Arab Cinema Programmer Lina Matta For ANA <a href=”https://burnsfilmcenter site web.org/series/contemporary-arab-cinema-2/” target=”_blank”>Contemporary Arab Cinema‘s 5th anniversary, we wanted to surprise you with a couple firsts. Rounding up the extraordinary selection of award-winning films from Egypt, Palestine, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco, and the UAE, we brought in an exhibit of film posters from [...]
The Band You Know, the Story You Don't
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel All you Fab Four fans out there—you definitely are going to want to see one of our exclusive Westchester screenings (Sept 15-22) of Ron Howard’s highly anticipated doc about the band’s phenomenal early years, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week–The Touring Years. Produced with the full cooperation of Paul [...]
The Unfolding Story of the Universe
Mary Evelyn Tucker has visited the JBFC three times with her film Journey of the Universe. Earlier this month, Tucker sat down with the Garrison Institute to discuss her work. A Conversation with Mary Evelyn Tucker and Julianne Warren By Sam Mowe In their Journey of the Universe project—which includes a film, book, and website—philosopher Brian Thomas [...]
A Tribute to Bill Cunningham
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel “My whole thing is to be invisible” The New York Landmark Conservancy declared him a living landmark! I’m referring to Bill Cunningham, the legendary New York Times photographer whose prolific lens recorded fashion trends for over 40 years. “Fashion is doing its job…mirroring exactly our times,” he once said. On [...]
Filmmaker James Solomon Discusses The Witness
By James Solomon, director and producer, The Witness After the eleven years it took to make The Witness, it is a thrill to be showing the film at the Jacob Burns Film Center. The Witness, which premiered last October at the New York Film Festival, is a feature documentary about a brother’s relentless and loving quest [...]
There’s Music in the Air and On the Screen!
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Summer’s finally here and for all you music lovers, you’ll be happy to know that Sounds of Summer, our annual festival of new music docs (and a few sensational classics such as Stop Making Sense), returns to the Burns July 6–August 25. Whatever your musical passion, you’ll find plenty [...]
De Palma: New Doc Gives Intimate Look at Brian De Palma's Body-of-Work
By Sarah Soliman, JBFC Marketing Assistant Brian De Palma, best known for his mastery of horror and thrillers, is a divisive figure. The director of films such as Carrie, Scarface, Blow Out, Carlito’s Way, and Mission: Impossible, has been disparaged or ignored by critics, and accused of misogyny, misanthropy, and a number of other things as [...]
Live on Stage: Musicians, Singers…and All That Jazz!
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel We cannot think of a better way to usher in June, the month of love and marriage, than by spending an exhilarating evening with us (and your special someone) immersed in the sights and sounds of great jazz! Here are 3 special programs (part of our annual series Jazz [...]
Social Impact at the JBFC
By Lori Zakalik, JBFC Marketing Manager On Thursday, May 12, we were honored at the Westchster MLK Jr. Institute for Nonviolence’s seventh annual Celebration of Champions for all the work we do to promote social change throughout the community. With our films, events, community screenings, international fellows, and special guests, we strive to spark dialogue, eliminate [...]
Meditative Cinema
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Here’s your opportunity to wrap your mind around the mysteries of life, love, spirituality, and the biggest one of all: death. Explore what it all means with us in Dying to Know (narrated by Robert Redford) on Friday, May 6 at 7:30, our opening night film of The Meditative Life [...]
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