JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival: What's Showing March 15

JCC Chicago’s Jewish Film Festival continues through March 22. The Festival, which began March 7, includes 22 films including documentaries, dramas, comedies, and family features, with special select post-film Q&As.

The JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival presents films that depict Jewish life, values, and history, with a mission of fostering an understanding of Jewish contributions to world culture. This year the festival is as relevant as ever—with films focused on personal responses to the October 7^th attacks such as Homefront; American Jewish experiences like The New Jew and Floaters; and exploring historical Holocaust stories such as They Called Us “Trujillo’s Jews”.

Sunday, March 15 Films

Wayfarer Theater, 1850 2nd Street, Highland Park

Homefront

An Israeli reservist's combat diary and his wife's home recordings intimately document the rift between home and the war front since October 7th—portraying an Israeli relationship put to the test by the emotional cost of war. 1 pm

Marathon Mom

Beatie Deutsch, a young mother of five, races to fulfill her dream of becoming an Olympic athlete, defying the stereotypes assigned to Ultra-Orthodox women by the world and mainstream media. 4 pm

Gene Siskel Film Center 164 N. State Street, Chicago

For the Love of a Woman

Esther, a tormented American in her forties, receives a letter after the death of her mother: she must find a woman who lived in the 30s in Palestine and keeps a secret about her life. Esther begins her search in Israel helped by Zayde, a university professor with a particular background. By merging the threads of past and present, Esther and Zayde will discover a shocking truth. 4 pm

Frontier

In 1943, Franco blocked the path of the Jews fleeing Nazi oppression over the Pyrenees mountains. Manel Grau, a civil servent decides to go against the orders of his superiors and aid refugees across the border in his village, with the help of neighbor Juliana and a French smuggler, Jerôme. They start a crusade to help as many Jews as they possibly can. 1 pm

Tickets are $18/individual; $120 for 10-pack; and $90 for 6-pack.

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