Castro Theater, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

Emerging from the scorched plains and migrant routes of Depression-era America, Woody Guthrie was one of the most influential folk singers of his generation, inspiring the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Known for anthems like "This Land Is Your Land," and with the slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists" defiantly emblazoned on his guitar, Guthrie journeyed from Oklahoma to Los Angeles to New York City. There, a transformative relationship with prominent Yiddish poet and future mother-in-law Aliza Greenblatt cultivated a whole other side of the artist, connecting him to Jewish history and culture. Guthrie, who once had zero knowledge of Hanukkah or Passover, now wrote songs about latkes, borscht, and the Holocaust. Drawing on a wealth of archival footage and invaluable insight from family, collaborators, and contemporaries, director Steven Pressman crafts a cross-cultural dialogue. Tracing a striking kinship between displaced American and Jewish refugees, in his latest documentary, Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie, Bay Area filmmaker Steve Pressman unearths Guthrie's evolution from Dust Bowl balladeer to a rebellious, world-class coalition-building artist.Director/producer Steven Pressman and associate producer/co-writer Lisa Stark will attend the screening.And before the film screening, The LewNer Family Singers will perform selected songs from the Woody Guthrie songbook and his contemporaries.This screening is sponsored by the Nancy P. &amp; Richard K. Robbins Family Foundation, with additional support provided by the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation.30.00.Presented by San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

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Emerging from the scorched plains and migrant routes of Depression-era America, Woody Guthrie was one of the most influential...

Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival's The Freedom of Expression Award spotlights the unfettered imagination, which is the cornerstone of a free, just, and open society. This year's awardee is the multi-hyphenate artist Rachel Bloom. Rachel will receive the Award at the Castro Theatre before the screening of the documentary Hollywood Does Abortion, which she appears in and Executive Produced. Come honor this star of stage and screen, and stay for a brave film in our post-Roe world.Rachel Bloom co-created, executive produced, and starred in the CW musical dramedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, for which she won a Golden Globe, Emmy, and Critics' Choice Award, among other accolades. She also developed a touring concert of the show that sold out Radio City Music Hall and the London Palladium. Bloom recently released her Netflix special, Death, Let me Do My Special, directed by Seth Barrish and produced by Matthew Vaughan and Rotten Science, which was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award for Best Comedy Special. Before that, her off-Broadway engagement of the same show received a Drama Desk Award nomination for lyrics and also toured as a comedy special to sold out audiences in London, Chicago, and Boston, among other cities. Her additional acting credits include co-starring in Hulu's critically acclaimed comedy series Reboot and guest-starring as 'Elaine Levitch' in season two of Max's original series Julia. She also has a role in The Devil Wears Prada 2 and in the upcoming film "Stop! That! Train!" set to be released this summer.30.00.Presented by San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Local Event: Freedom Of Expression Award: Rachel Bloom

Freedom Of Expression Award: Rachel Bloom

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival's The Freedom of Expression Award spotlights the unfettered imagination, which is the...

Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Pushing the boundaries of sound and image, experimental drummer Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Drums and Drones) presents a one-of-a-kind collaboration with Bay Area based multimedia artist Annie Albagli, developed exclusively for the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Their performance of music and image, will loosely explore the concept of 'wilderness' in its different modalities. mdbr mdbr refers to the Hebrew words&nbsp; medaber (speaking) and&nbsp; midbar (nature), which share a linguistic root. Brian Chase is a Brooklyn-based drummer and sound artist, often working at the fringes of rock, classical, jazz and more. He is perhaps best known as the drummer for rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a group which has been nominated for four Grammy awards and has toured extensively across the world. When not with YYYs, Chase works primarily on the NYC avant-garde music scene.&nbsp;Beloved to Chase is his solo project, Drums and Drones. This project, started in 2007, was created with a conceptual aim to explore the micro-tones which comprise the overall resonance of drums and percussion, and to bring forward their harmonic content as core compositional source material. The project's 2018 release, Drums and Drones: Decade, was the inaugural release on Chase's record label, Chaikin Records. The name for the label comes from his original Ukranian Jewish surname, Chaikin, which was changed to Chase in the early 1950's.&nbsp;Annie Albagli's practice currently tries to locate time, history, and place in the body. She has participated in exhibitions, festivals, and residencies throughout the U.S., and abroad including: 500 Capp Street, Headlands Center for the Arts, Muzeul Zemstvei in Chisinau, Moldova, Art Prospect in St. Petersburg, Russia, and The Trash3 Festival in Bishkek Kyrgyzstan, among others. She is a 2023-26' Lucas Artists Residency Program Fellow at Montalvo Arts Center.30.00.Presented by San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Local Event: MDBR MDBR: Brian Chase & Annie Albagli

MDBR MDBR: Brian Chase & Annie Albagli

Pushing the boundaries of sound and image, experimental drummer Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Drums and Drones) presents a...

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Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie

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2:30 PM

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Freedom Of Expression Award: Rachel Bloom

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6:00 PM

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MDBR MDBR: Brian Chase & Annie Albagli

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6:00 PM

San Francisco, CA