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The acclaimed new documentary film BEING JEWISH IN FRANCE will have its Los Angeles-area premiere in a limited theatrical run at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), from August 7 through August 9, 2009.

Screening times are:
Friday, August 7 at 7:30 pm;
Saturday, August 8 at 3:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 9 at 1:00pm

Yves Jeuland's sweeping new documentary explores the rich and complex history of Jews in France, the first country to grant them citizenship. Beginning with Revolutionary cries of "Vive la France" in Yiddish, the film explores the explosive Dreyfus Affair, the Vichy government's collaboration with the Nazis, and the absorption of Sephardic Jews from Arab countries in the decades after WWII. With interviews with more than a dozen leading French politicians, intellectuals, and artists-amid a treasure trove of archival material-Being Jewish in France masterfully interweaves human testimony and historical evidence. Narrated by Mathieu Almaric, a regular in Arnaud Desplechin's films and the star of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, the film won the Jewish Experience Award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival.

 

 

Location Name:  LACMA

Address: 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036