Raise The Roof Jewish Film Festival

For 44 years ncjf has rescued restored exhibited rare films that document the vibrancy of jewish life.

Raise the roof jewish film festival.

Raise the roof follows the browns and the handshouse studio team to sanok poland as they begin building the new gwoździec roof. Oh my god it is one of the most moving and amazing documentaries i have ever seen. Both organizations share a common commitment to strengthen jewish life and foster intergroup understanding among atlanta s diverse cultural ethnic and religious populations. Keeper of the jewish film legacy the boston globe.

They recovered a lost world. Directed by yari wolinsky. Based on same stories as tevye and fiddler on the roof world premiere jan 19 2020 ny jewish film festival lincoln center nyc. Filmmakers yari and cary wolinsky s beautifully photographed and rendered film raise the roof tells the story of this remarkable 10 year project against the backdrop of the 1000 year history of jews in poland.

During wwii the nazis destroyed a forest of wooden synagogues considered to be among the most remarkable wooden structures ever built. Working against a seemingly impossible deadline and despite torrential downpours and exhaustion the team must create the structure and disassemble it again for. Raise the roof has enjoyed a wildly successful film festival run screening at more than 150 film festivals and winning six best documentary awards. Best documentary audience choice award new.

They set out to reconstruct a lost synagogue. This documentary follows a team of over 300. Amid a rising tide of antisemitism across much of europe comes an extraordinary story of resurrection and renewal. You have saved an entire beautiful era with slow moving pans and tilts of a culture thought to be lost to war.

I just watched raise the roof.