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"Entertaining, thought-provoking...Pearlstein’s very deft assembly manages to raise all these ideas for viewer consideration while underlining that there are few, if any, definitive responses to them."

- Variety

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FILM FESTIVALS

Tribeca Film Festival 

WORLD PREMIERE​

Hot Docs International Film Festival 

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

with SPECIAL GUEST DEB FILLER

Lighthouse International Film Festival 

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

Traverse City Film Festival

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

BERKELEY BIG NIGHT

SPECIAL GUEST RENEE FIRESTONE

Filmfest Munich

EUROPEAN PREMIERE

Jerusalem Film Festival

with SPECIAL GUEST ETGAR KERET

FilmFest Aspen

OPENING NIGHT FILM

Chicago International Film Festival

Alexander Valley Film Festival

Milwaukee International Film Festival

BFI London Film Festival

Vermont International Film Festival

Chagrin Film Festival

Dallas VideoFest 

JURY PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

Rome Film Festival

American Film Festival Poland

Toronto Jewish Film Festival

Nashville Jewish Film Festival

Vancouver Jewish Film Festival

Teaneck International Film Festival

OPENING NIGHT FILM

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD

with HONORED GUEST ALAN ZWEIBEL

UK Jewish Film Festival

Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival

CENTERPIECE FILM

with SPECIAL GUEST JUDY GOLD

Gold Coast Film Festival

Stockholm Film Festival

St. Louis International Film Festival 

Cinema St. Louis

Key West Film Festival

High Falls Film Festival

Boston Jewish Film Festival​

CENTERPIECE FILM

Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival 

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

with SPECIAL GUEST JAKE EHRENREICH

York (PA) Jewish Film Festival 

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

East Lansing Film Festival

Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival

Australian Jewish Film Festival 

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

IDFA

Creative Alliance, the Patterson, Baltimore

Calgary Underground Film Festival

​JW3 Jewish Arts Centre London

Tahoe Film Festival

Watch Docs Human Rights Film Festival

Tacoma Film Festival

Miami Jewish Film Festival

SPECIAL GUEST JAKE EHRENREICH 

and EUGENE LEBOVITZ

Central Mass Jewish Film Festival
Flint Institute of the Arts Screening

Denver Jewish Film Festival

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 

Charlotte Jewish Film Festival

Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival

Washington D.C. Jewish Film Festival 

Boulder International Film Festival 

Boulder Jewish Film Festival

Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival 

Maine Jewish Film Festival 

Seattle Jewish Film Festival

MATZOH MOMMA BRUNCH & FILM

Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival 

CENTERPIECE FILM

Vancouver Jewish Film Centre

Green Mountain Film Festival 

Northern Virginia Jewish Film Festival 

Annapolis Film Festival 

THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE SHOWCASE

Lisbon Jewish Film Festival

Serielizados Fest Barcelona

 JFilm Fest Pittsburgh

Detroit Jewish Film Festival

OPENING NIGHT with LEONARD MALTIN

Michiana Jewish Film Festival

UK Jewish Film Festival 
TRAVELING FESTIVAL

Doc Edge Film Festival, NZ

with SPECIAL GUEST DEB FILLER

Edmonton Jewish Film Festival

Mendocino Film Festival

Hadoc Documentary Film Festival

Winnipeg Jewish Film Festival

Revelation-Perth Intl Film Festival

Hamptons Jewish Film Festival

Jewish Arts & Film Festival, Fairfield County

Austin Jewish Film Festival

American Jewish Studies Film Festival, DC

Cinematek Forest Hills Jewish Film Festival

Twin Cities Jewish Humor Film Festival 

 

Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival

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Buffalo Int'l Jewish Film Festival

CNEX Doc Film Festival Taiwan

Rahway International Film Festival

WOMAN IN FILM AWARD

Columbia Jewish Film Festival

Documentary Edge Festival, NZ

Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Brandenburg

BERLIN PREMIERE

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THEATRICAL

 

Friar's Club, NYC

THEATRICAL PREMIERE

with SPECIAL GUESTS: 

RENEE FIRESTONE and ALAN ZWEIBEL

Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, NYC

NYC THEATRICAL PREMIERE

HotDocs Ted Rogers Cinema, Toronto

TORONTO THEATRICAL PREMIERE 

with ENCORE SCREENINGS

Harkins Shea 14, Scottsdale Phoenix

Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles

LA THEATRICAL PREMIERE - HELD OVER

DOC10 Chicago

OPENING NIGHT FILM

Sun-Ray Cinema, Jacksonville, Fla

Guild Cinema, Albuquerque, NM
 

Cable Car Cinema, Providence, RI
 

Fine Arts Theatre, Asheville, NC
 

Terrace Theater, Charleston, SC​

Westhampton Arts Center

Jacob Burns, Westchester, NY

Montclair Film, NJ

Water's Edge Cinema, Provincetown, MA

The Payomet, Truro, Cape Cod, MA

with SPECIAL GUEST JAMES CARROLL

Martha's Vineyard Film Series, MA

Ellen Theater, Bozeman, Montana

with SPECIAL GUEST RENEE FIRESTONE

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University of Montana, Missoula

with SPECIAL GUEST RENEE FIRESTONE

Nitehawk Cinemas

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Alamo DraftHouse, Brooklyn, NY

Heartland Truly Moving Pictures

Museum of Tolerance, LA

with SPECIAL GUEST RENEE FIRESTONE

Colonial Theater, Phoenixville, PA​ 

Circle Cinema, Tulsa, OK

WRITINGS/PUBLICATIONS

LAUGHTER AFTER:

Humor and the Holocaust

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS

FAST FUNNY WOMEN:

75 Essays of Flash

WOODHALL PRESS

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SELECT PRESS LINKS

 

Variety
The Associated Press
NY Observer
The Guardian 
The Jerusalem Post
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
The Australian
RogerEbert.com
Hollywood Reporter
Deadline
IndieWire
Aspen Times
Tablet
Huffington Post
Salon.com
Filmmaker Magazine
BoneyAbroad
The Schlemiel in Theory
Dorkshelf
Sag Harbor Online
No Film School
The Reel Word
The Reel Recon
No Spoiler Reviewz
POV Magazine

EDUCATIONAL

 

Museum of Tolerance, LA

SPECIAL GUEST RENEE FIRESTONE

Palm Beach County Library, West Boca, Fl

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY​

Conference on Jewish Humor 

University of South Carolina 

OPENING NIGHT FILM

VARIOUS SCREENINGS & WORKSHOPS

US Holocaust Memorial Museum

FACEBOOK LIVE EVENT

FEATURED GUEST

25,000 VIEWERS

New York University

VISITING PROFESSOR, MULTIPLE VISITS

MULTIPLE  SCREENINGS / Q&As

College of Charleston, SC

VISITING PROFESSOR

COMMUNITY LECTURE

SCREENING / Q&A

 

University of Vermont

SCREENING / Q&A

University of Virginia

SCREENING / Q&A

Franklin & Marshall University

SCREENING / Q&A

Purdue University Fort Wayne
Holocaust and Genocide Studies

SCREENING / Q&A

Westchester University

VISITING PROFESSOR

SCREENING / Q&A

University of Pennsylvania

VISITING PROFESSOR

SCREENING / Q&A

University of Pennsylvania

Tribeca Film Festival

VISITING PROFESSOR

Temple Beth Ami

Rockville, MD

Clark University

VISITING PROFESSOR

J Cinema, Rockville, Md

Vincennes University 

the Humanities Film and Lecture Series

North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, IL

Temple Har Shalom, Park City

Munich International School (MIS)

Middle and High School

3-DAY CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS 

FEATURED GUEST 

with ROBERT EDWARDS

Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy

Middle School

SPECIAL GUEST & LECTURER

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) 

Annual Convention

PRIMARY LECUTURER 

SCREENING / Q&A

 

Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) 

Annual Convention

PRIMARY LECTURER 

WORKSHOP on HOLOCAUST HUMOR

The Jewish Community Scholar Program

"GREAT JEWISH MINDS" Series

Classrooms Without Borders

PRIMARY LECTURER ADDRESSING EDUCATORS 

 

Union for Reform Judaism

 Biennial Presentation

ADDRESSED 250 REFORM RABBIS

The Ghetto Fighters’ Holocaust 

and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum

"TALKING MEMORY" 

GUEST LECTURER

Palm Beach County Library, West Boca, Fl

 Holocaust Remembrance Day 

The Florida Holocaust Museum

SPECIAL SCREENING / Q&A 

Colorado Mesa University

SERIES OF PANELS

SPECIAL SCREENING / Q&A 

Clark University, Higgins School of Humanities

Washington University, St. Louis

Palm Springs Jewish Film Festival

SCREENING / Q&A w HANALA SAGAL

Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery at CKI

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

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Wilshire Boulevard Temple, LA, Ca

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Moses Brown School, Providence, RI

Congregation Beth El Jewish Film Fest

YIVO, NYC
SPECIAL SCREENING / DISCUSSION w ALAN ZWEIBEL 

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