Film Festival Favorite - Pioneering Independent Jewish Film
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IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (2013)
Asriel Stroon is a widowed landlord who has amassed a fortune in turn-of-the-century Boston. Fearful that his sins have lost him a chance to be accepted into heaven, he goes back to the "Old Country" in Poland and prays as his father's grave for the Almighty to wipe away his sins. While there, he comes across an old Jewish custom: The richest man in town is "bidding" for the awkward but brilliant student Shaya, to get him as a bridegroom for his daughter.
Asriel sees that to win such a prodigy for his daughter, Flora is a sure way to secure himself a ticket to heaven. But Flora wants to marry an "American" doctor and Asriel's expensive gift to her turns out to cost more than the beleaguered father bargained for. A sentimental comedy of assimilation ensues, with some surprising twists along the way.
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Pamela Berger has written, produced, and/or directed three feature films. Sorceress is about a medieval woman who is accused of being a heretic but is actually a healer, shot in both English and French. Both versions are now available on DVD. Following making The Imported Bridegroom, she directed a third film, Killian’s Chronicle: The Magic Stone, about an Irish slave who escapes from a Viking ship and is rescued by Native Americans five hundred years before the arrival of Columbus. Berger teaches Medieval Art at Boston College and most of her research deals with iconography and iconographic interpretation.
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