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Sunday-October 8-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $12; $10; $9
Soup – Sharon Chetrit (Tel Aviv, Israel)
On an ordinary day, with ordinary domestic tasks, a pregnant woman makes a pot of soup in her kitchen, when she is overcome by frightening illusions brought on by birth pangs. In Hebrew, subtitled 2016; 28 min. 2016; 26 min.
The Little Dictator – Nurith Cohn (Jerusalem, Israel)
Professor Yossi Kleinmann is an underappreciated history professor who lectures about totalitarian regimes. During a Sabbath weekend, celebrating the 90th birthday of his wife's grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, he suddenly finds himself in an unexpected situation which forces him to confront history, his family, and himself. In Hebrew, subtitled 2016; 28 min.
Painless – Jordan Horowitz (Brooklyn, New York)
Born with a rare condition that leaves him alienated and unable to feel physical pain, Henry Long becomes obsessed with finding a cure. A need for normalcy leads him down a dark path where he must decide if finding a cure is worth paying the ultimate price. 2017; 81 min. Co-sponsored by the Rutgers University Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs (GAIA Centers)!
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