documentary

This Sunday, October 19, the Museum of Jewish Heritage will host a special screening of Torn, a 90-minute documentary about the grassroots campaign that emerged in New York right after October 7, when hundreds of “kidnapped” posters were plastered across the city to raise awareness about the Israeli hostages captured by Hamas two years ago. … Catch a special screening of ‘Torn,’ a new documentary about those iconic “kidnapped” posters, in NYC this weekend

Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire is a new documentary about the late Romanian-American Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, best known for Night, one of the most influential accounts of the Holocaust. Directed by Oren Rudavsky, the film draws on archival recordings, photographs and video footage, complemented by painted animations, to let Wiesel, who passed away … This powerful documentary about Elie Wiesel is playing in NY for a few more days

Ada: My Mother the Architect is a new documentary that just premiered at the Angelika Film Center in downtown Manhattan, focusing on one of the most influential yet underrecognized figures in architecture: Adam Karmi-Melamede. The film is directed by the subject’s own daughter, Academy Award-winning producer Yael Melamede, a fact that adds personal resonance to … Now playing at the Angelika, ‘Ada: My Mother the Architect’ tells the story of influential Israeli architect Ada Karmi-Melamede