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Jewish Film Series presents "Fig Tree" and "Leona" in October at Figge

The Gordon Ney Jewish Film Series is underway with special screenings of award-winning films in the auditorium of the Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St. 

Presented by the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, all films are shown at 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60-plus) and military, and free for students. 

On Sunday, October 6th Fig Tree screens. Released in 2018, the 93 minute drama is Amharic/Hebrew with English subtitles. Synopsis: 16-year-old Jewish Mina is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her family is planning to immigrate to Israel and escape the war, she weaves an alternate plan in order to save Eli. But in times of war, plans tend to go wrong. Marsha's coming-of-age film debut film is based on her childhood memories of a civil-war-torn Ethiopia.

On Sunday, October 20th Leona will screen.  A 2019, 95 minute Spanish with English subtitles drama.

Synopsis: "Leona" is an intimate, insightful, and moving film that tells the story of a young Jewish woman from Mexico City who finds herself torn between her family and her forbidden love. Ripe with all the drama and interpersonal conflicts of a Jane Austen novel, watching her negotiate the labyrinth of familial pressure, religious precedent, and her own burgeoning sentiment is both painful and beautiful — there are no easy choices to be made and the viewer travels back and forth with her as she struggles with her heart to take the best path.

Call 309-793-1300 or visit jfqc.org for more information about the Gordon Ney Jewish Film Series.

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Next Jewish film series starts Sunday at the Figge

By Jonathan Turner
Moline Dispatch

The next quartet of movies in the Gordon Ney Jewish Film Series begin Sunday in the auditorium of the Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St. 

Presented by the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, all films are shown at 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (60-plus) and military, and free for students. The schedule (with summaries from the federation) is as follows:

Sept. 15 – “The Interpreter” (2018), 113 min., German/Slovak/Russian with English subtitles, Comedy/Drama.

Sunday, Sept. 22 “Itzhak” (2018), 82 min., English/ Hebrew with English subtitles, Documentary. From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to Brahms, Mozart to ... Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman's violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life; "praying with the violin," says renowned Tel Aviv violinmaker Amnon Weinstein. Alison Chernick's enchanting documentary looks beyond the sublime musician to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel, and the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music student when schools saw only his disability.

Read the rest of the Dispatch article HERE. For more information, visit jfqc.org.

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"Shawshank Redemption" Screens at Cinemark for 25th Anniversary Sept. 22, 24, 25

Fathom Events, TCM and Warner Bros. present a special 25th anniversary showing of The Shawshank Redemption coming to the Davenport Cinemark 53 and other select cinemas for a special event that includes exclusive insight from Turner Classic Movies. From a novella by best-selling author Stephen King comes a poignant tale of the human spirit. Red (Morgan Freeman), serving a life sentence, and Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a mild-mannered banker wrongly convicted of murder, forge an unlikely bond that will span more than twenty years. Together they discover hope as the ultimate means of survival. The film was nominated for 7 Academy Awards.

This event includes exclusive insight from Turner Classic Movies. Sunday, September 22 at 4PM and 7PM, and Tuesday, September 24th at 7PM and Wednesday, September 25th at 7PM.

Cinemark Davenport is located at 3601 E 53rd St, Davenport, Iowa.

Tickets can be purchased at Cinemark. 

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QC Times Film Critic Linda Cook says 'Haunt' is scary good fun by Bettendorf filmmakers - Screens Sept. 14 at Putnam

By Linda Cook
Film Critic, QC Times

Clever and gruesome, with images that will “Haunt” you for some time, the latest from Scott Beck and Bryan Woods is a darkly fun harbinger of Halloween.

Bettendorf High School graduates Beck and Woods, who hail from the Quad-Cities, earned their place in horror/science-fiction cinematic history last year with the hit “A Quiet Place.” “Haunt” continues that genre, as will “The Boogeyman,” their next venture in adapting a Stephen King short-story for the big screen.

The duo wrote and directed this story that unfolds in Carbondale, Illinois, where Harper (Katie Stevens, television’s “The Bold Type”) is a quiet, withdrawn student.

Reluctantly – “I don’t even have a costume!” – Harper takes off with her friends Mallory (Schuyler Helford, television's "Anger Management"), Angela (Shazi Raja, television’s “Salvation”), and Bailey (Lauryn Alisa McClain, “Daddy’s Little Girls”) convince Harper to go out and have a drink. After all, it’s Halloween, and it’s a night to party, right?

Davenport’s Justin Marxen (“Dead Awake”) plays a creepy clown in the film.

Read the rest of the Linda Cook's review at QC Times!

"Haunt" will screen on Saturday, September 14 at 6PM and 8:30PM at the Putnam Museum, with Beck and Woods doing Q&A afterward. To reserve a seat, go to http://www.putnam.org/getdoc/5862b797-897c-4903-ad10-fe892155c230/Haunt-Movie. Tickets are $9, at the Putnam Museum, 1717 W. 12th St., Davenport.

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Ken Burns' New Country Music Doc Previews at RME Sept. 12

From the Dispatch-Argus

Iowa Public Television and WQPT-PBS will preview the newest film from Ken Burns, “Country Music,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at the River Music Experience, 129 Main St.

The documentary chronicles the history of country music and many of its stars, including the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn.

The free Redstone Room screening event will feature the preview and special guest Dani Lynn Howe, one of the co-hosts of the morning show on local country station WLLR-FM. She will share her experiences in country music, according to an IPTV release. The event also will include food, drink, music and contests.

At the film’s heart are the stories of unforgettable songs and the artists who created them. “The film explores the extraordinary connection between country-music artists and fans and notes the enduring influence of particular songs and musicians across generations,” the release said.

Read the rest of the Dispatch story HERE!

 

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