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SUMMARY:"Yiddish Theater: A Love Story" Screening
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the first event of our Yiddish Arts &amp\; C
 ulture series this year with a screening of Yiddish Theater: A Love Story\
 , followed by Q&amp\;A with Pressman Parents Dan Katzir (writer/director)
   and Ravit Markus (writer/producer) joined by TBA Film Group's Michael B
 erlin. The film follows Holocaust survivor Zypora Spaisman who maintains t
 he oldest Yiddish Theater in America and devotes her life to maintaining t
 raditional Yiddish art. Movie refreshments will be provided!\n\nRSVP Here\
 n\nDan 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 o
 n multiple networks around the world including HBO in the US\, channel 4 i
 n the UK and France 2\, to name a few. Before becoming a filmmaker\, Katzi
 r 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 r
 eceived his MFA from the American Film Institute in Hollywood.  A WGAW me
 mber\, Katzir currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife\, filmmaker Rav
 it Markus and their son.\n\nRavit 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 addit
 ional awards\, and her 2024 film Nina Is an Athlete received wonderful rev
 iews and the LA Jewish Film Festival Audience Award. Her films have screen
 ed 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 Univers
 ity.  For more information follow her @RavitMarkusor go to: NewLoveFilms.
 com\n\n\n\nRSVP Here
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