Please join us for the first event of our Yiddish Arts & Culture series this year with a screening of Yiddish Theater: A Love Story, followed by Q&A with Pressman Parents Dan Katzir (writer/director) and Ravit Markus (writer/producer) joined by TBA Film Group’s Michael Berlin. The film follows Holocaust survivor Zypora Spaisman who maintains the oldest Yiddish Theater in America and devotes her life to maintaining traditional Yiddish art. Movie refreshments will be provided!
Dan Katzir’s films have won dozens of international awards in the US, Europe and Asia as well as being nominated for an Israeli Academy Award. His films have played in hundreds of film festivals and have been shown on multiple networks around the world including HBO in the US, channel 4 in the UK and France 2, to name a few. Before becoming a filmmaker, Katzir served as a drill sergeant in the Israeli commandos and he was also both a combat soldier and an officer in the Israeli paratroopers. He graduated from Tel Aviv University’s Film and TV Department magna cum laude and received his MFA from the American Film Institute in Hollywood. A WGAW member, Katzir currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, filmmaker Ravit Markus and their son.
Ravit Markus is an award-winning filmmaker and two-time Slamdance Film Festival alum. Her documentary American Pot Story: Oaksterdam won the 2023 Slamdance Audience Award as well as dozens additional awards, and her 2024 film Nina Is an Athlete received wonderful reviews and the LA Jewish Film Festival Audience Award. Her films have screened internationally, including the critically acclaimed Yiddish Theater: A Love Story which played at the LA Laemmle Theaters for 18 straight weeks. She holds a dual BFA in Screenwriting and Directing from Tel Aviv University. For more information follow her @RavitMarkusor go to: NewLoveFilms.com
