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.
When you want to see great documentaries, independent, foreign, classic and other noteworthy films in the Quad-Cities area, visit QCFilmBlog.com for the latest screenings and special film events.
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