Strangers No More

Winner of the 2011 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, STRANGERS NO MORE showcases the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv, where no child is a stranger. Coming from 48 different countries, many of the school’s students have fled poverty, political adversity or even genocide. STRANGERS NO MORE tells several students’ moving and inspirational stories as they struggle to acclimate to life in a new land and slowly open up about their pasts.

Film preceded by:

I’M READY
Director: Esther Siton, Israel, 2009, 16 min., Hebrew w/ subtitles, Documentary
Established routine plays a critical role in this moving relationship between an elderly father and his son.

MAMA L’CHAIM
Director: Elkan Spiller, US, 2008 5 min., English, Documentary
Chaim Lubelski has dedicated his life to caring for his 95-year-old mother, a Holocaust survivor.

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