This year’s Maine Conference for Jewish Life at Colby College in Waterville will be an online event on Sunday, June 14.
We’re so pleased to be once again be part of the Maine Conference for Jewish Life presented by the Center for Small Town Jewish Life at Colby College – this year everything will be presented online and all online events are free. Click here for more information.
MJFF will be screening the short film Edek, one of the films that was going to be part of the 2020 Maine Jewish Film Festival:
What happens when an 85 year-old Holocaust survivor teams up with an African-American rapper to make a film? Holocaust survivor Janine Webber and Connecticut-based hip hop artist Kapoo, 43, collaborate to deliver a Hip Hop message to the youth of the world. A poignant and uniquely challenging fusion of prose, music and rap. For the first time, one of the world’s darkest stories is told in an entirely new way. Created by the UK National Centre and Museum.
How do you get YouTube-obsessed teens to learn from the atrocities of the Holocaust? Hip hop and hashtags, obviously. Read more about how Edek was made.
Film Details: Documentary short/ Dir: Malcolm Green/UK/2018/6 min
Awards & Festivals: Best short: Canada Shorts Festival, Impact Docs, Wimbledon Short Film Festival, Honorable Mention Global Shorts, LA, Boston, UK Jewish Film Festival, Jewish Film Festival
Edek will be presented on Sunday, June 14 at 12:45 PM followed by a conversation with MJFF Executive Director Barbara Merson. Click here for more information and to register (there is no fee).
