The JBFC on YouTube

Feeling the FOMO after missing a live event at our Theater? The JBFC’s YouTube channel is open 24/7! Catch up on recent virtual events, past JBFC Live Q&As, and more below.

Recent Virtual Events & Video Playlists

• March 8, 2023: Judy Blume Forever with Filmmakers Davina Pardo & Leah Wolchok
• Jan. 24, 2023: Close with Director Lukas Dhont
• Jan. 10, 2023: When You Finish Saving the World with Filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg
• December 2022: A Message from Empire of Light Director Sam Mendes
• November 2022: Year-End Giving Campaign Trailer – “Igniting the Power of Film”
• October 2022: Jewish Film Festival Series Trailer
• July 27, 2022: Elvis impersonator “El King” at the JBFC
• March 30, 2022: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America with Westchester Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins and Westchester County Attorney/JBFC Board Member John Nonna
• March 10, 2022: Filmmaker Fellow Lauren Minnerath on Creative Culture
• March 10, 2022: Artist-in-Residence Iliana Sosa on Creative Culture
• March 3, 2022: The General with author Dana Stevens and accompanist Ben Model
• Nov. 30, 2021: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) with filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, editor Joshua Pearson, producer Joseph Patel, and moderator Gina Duncan
  • Summer of Soul Clip 1
  • Summer of Soul Clip 2
• Nov. 9, 2021: A Hero with filmmaker Asghar Farhadi: Clip 1/3, Clip 2/3, Clip 3/3
• June 16, 2021: QT Shorts filmmaker roundtable, moderated by QT Shorts Curators Brit Fryer and Arno Mokros
• April 25, 2021: Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani with the director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) David Eisenbud, filmmaker George Csicsery, and various colleagues of Mirzakhani.
• March 18, 2021: Test Pattern with filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford and JBFC Programmer Saidah Russell
• March 9, 2021: Lapsis with filmmaker/JBFC Board Member Emeritus Noah Hutton and JBFC Board President Janet Maslin
• Feb. 26, 2021: Nationtime with filmmaker Louise Greaves, Professor Michele Prettyman, and Professor Michelle Materre
• Feb. 24, 2021: Through the Night with Editor Malika Zouhali-Worrall and moderator Natalie Erazo
• Feb. 16, 2021: “What We’re Watching” with the JBFC Programming Team, Episode 8 (A Glitch in the Matrix)
• Feb. 2, 2021: “What We’re Watching” with the JBFC Programming Team: Sundance Edition, with special guest Sundance Programmer Ana Souza
• Feb. 2, 2021: The Art of Passing Virtual Discussion with Professor Mia Mask
• Feb. 1, 2021: Creative Culture Filmmaker Roundtable with Matthew Puccini, Crystal Kayiza, Emily Ann Hoffman, and Sean Weiner 
• Jan. 31, 2021: The Place Where the People Gather with filmmaker Brooklyn Demme, Owl Steven Smith, and Chenae Bullock
• Jan. 30, 2021: You Are Not a Loan with filmmaker Astra Taylor and film subjects, Wendy Brown and Marques “Mark” Vestal
• Jan. 13, 2021: The Boys in the Band with actor Zachary Quinto
• Jan. 7, 2021: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom with director George C. Wolfe and actors Michael Potts, Colman Domingo, and Glynn Turner
• Dec. 9, 2020: Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something with Harry’s brother Tom Chapin, daughter Jen Chapin, and JBFC Founder Stephen Apkon
• Nov. 23, 2020: Hillbilly Elegy with filmmaker Ron Howard
• Nov. 17, 2020: Disclosure with filmmaker Sam Feder
• Oct. 29, 2020: Dick Johnson is Dead with filmmaker Kirsten Johnson
• Oct. 21, 2020: Cane River with Lead Actress Tommye Myrick and Curtis Caesar John, Programmer and Executive Director of The Luminal Theater
• Oct. 13, 2020: Life on the Stage: Frost/Nixon with filmmaker Ron Howard & series moderator Dori Berinstein
• Sept. 24, 2020: Mr. SOUL! with filmmaker Melissa Haizlip and JBFC Board Chairman Emeritus Hugh Price
• Sept. 23, 2020: The Devil All the Time with filmmaker Antonio Campos
• Mr. SOUL! Video Playlist: Extended interviews and live performances from variety show SOUL!, subject of the documentary Mr. SOUL!

Past Live Events Available on YouTube

• True Justice: Classroom to Screening Room discussion with coordinating producer Matt Henderson and producer George Kunhardt
• Children of God with filmmaker Richard LeMay and Professor Michelle Materre
• Slavery by Another Name: Classroom to Screening Room discussion with JBFC Artist-in-Residence Leola Calzolai-Stewart
• Hooray for Hollywood: Top Hat with series host David Schwartz and film critic Stephanie Zacharek
• Hooray for Hollywood: His Girl Friday with series host David Schwartz and film critic/author Molly Haskell
• Snowpiercer with filmmaker/JBFC Artist-in-Residence Bong Joon-ho
• The Host with filmmaker/JBFC Artist-in-Residence Bong Joon-ho
• Memories of Murder with filmmaker/JBFC Artist-in-Residence Bong Joon-ho
• Mother with filmmaker/JBFC Artist-in-Residence Bong Joon-ho
• Fantastic Fungi with filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, Dr. Tony Bossis, and JBFC Founder Steven Apkon
• Dance on Film: Gravity Hero with filmmaker/choreographer Trey McIntyre
• Making Waves: Mo with filmmaker Radu Dragomir and actor Dana Rogoz
• Making Waves: The Whistlers with actor Rodica Lazăr
• The Report with filmmaker Scott Z. Burns
• The Guardians with author John Grisham
• Talking Docs: Jay Myself with photographer/filmmaker Stephen Wilkes
• Global Watch: What is Democracy with filmmaker Astra Taylor
• True Justice with film subject/author Anthony Ray Hinton and JBFC Chairman Emertius Hugh Price
• Life on the Stage: Children of a Lesser God with Broadway cast and crew members
• Life on the Stage: The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened with filmmaker Lonny Price and actress Liz Callaway
• Life on the Stage: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory with Broadway star Christian Borle and Warner Brothers Executive Vice President Mark Kaufman