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The award-winning 2022 documentary The Wild One illuminates the journey of Jack Garfein - celebrated Broadway director, Actors Studio West co-founder, controversial filmmaker, and Holocaust survivor. Learn how his experience in Nazi concentration camps shaped his vision of acting as a survival mechanism, and propelled his engagement with themes of violence, power, and racism in two explosive films. The Wild One examines the importance of Garfein's legacy as an artist who confronted censorship and reveals how art can draw on personal memory to better enlighten our present. This screening – which commemorates Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day – is made possible by Jewish Story Partners and Good Docs, and is presented in partnership with Toronto Public Library as part of its Jewish Heritage Series. 

Al Green Theatre
FREE – advance registration is required

 JEWISH STORY PARTNERS & GOOD DOCS Education Impact Program

Jewish Story Partners - supporting documentary films that expand the Jewish story - stimulates and supports the highest caliber independent films that use fresh, nuanced perspectives to tell stories about the diverse spectrum of Jewish experiences, cultures, and encounters. For more information, visit https://jewishstorypartners.org/our-story/the-backstory/ 

 

GOOD DOCS are films that do good in the world. Our award-winning collection engages and inspires students by featuring rarely heard stories about individuals and communities working towards a more equitable world. We champion creative expression and complex films that provoke critical thinking. GOOD DOCS represents established documentarians and passionate new filmmakers driven by their experiences as educators, academics, journalists, artists, social workers, community members, and activists. GOOD DOCS films and the GOOD TALKS speaker series offer powerful educational experiences to students and communities everywhere. For more information, visit gooddocs.net .

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