Posted on: Saturday, February 17, 2007
Kirk Cashmere Jewish Film Festival welcomes everyone
Advertiser Staff
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Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who defied his superiors and issued thousands of visas to Polish Jews during World War II, saving them from the Holocaust. His story is told in “Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness”.
Sugihara family photo
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"We try to get the best of Jewish film from all over the world," says Don Brown, organizer of the fifth annual Kirk Cashmere Jewish Film Festival, which continues through Monday at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Spalding Auditorium. "We're looking at more outreach this year," says Brown, noting choices that will appeal to Japanese-American, gay and theatrical communities. Tickets are $6 at the door, except where noted. 595-7521, star814.
The films:
"The Rape of Europa." The story of the theft and destruction of Europe's art treasures by the Nazis during World War II — and their eventual restoration. The film touches on the headline-making Gustav Klimt painting, "Portrait of Adele Bauer Bloch." 7 p.m. today.
"Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness." A profile of Chiune Sugihara, considered "the Japanese Schindler." Free screening at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
"Watermarks." Members of the champion women swim team of the legendary Jewish sports club Hakoah Vienna are reunited. 4:30 p.m. tomorrow. Ann Weiss, author of "The Last Album: Eyes From the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau," will give a presentation after the screening.
"Live and Become." A 9-year-old Ethiopian boy is airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel in 1984 during Operation Moses, which transported several thousand Ethiopian Jews. But he has a secret: He isn't Jewish. 7 p.m. tomorrow.
"Isn't This a Time: A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal." The legendary folk group The Weavers returns to honor music impresario Leventhal. 2 p.m. Monday.
"When I Was Fourteen: A Survivor Remembers." Holocaust survivor Gloria Lyon returns to Germany and is reunited with the Swedish family that looked after her at the end of the war. 4:30 p.m. Monday.
"Wrestling With Angels." Hawai'i premiere of this profile of Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner, creator of "Angels in America." 7 p.m. Monday.
