Crown Jewels
When a revolution breaks out in a small European monarchy, the king sends his crown jewels to an American banker, Maxwell Grey, to keep them out of danger. However, Madame Levine, the head of an international jewel theft
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When a revolution breaks out in a small European monarchy, the king sends his crown jewels to an American banker, Maxwell Grey, to keep them out of danger. However, Madame Levine, the head of an international jewel theft
The little fantasy film The Story of Jewel City was made for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. It stars two little girls otherwise unknown to cinema: Kathlyn Dempsey as the Fairy of the Portals, & Cath
This film tells the staggering story of Melbourne's Alex Kurzem, a young boy who escaped the massacre of his family's shtetl in Belarus in 1941. He survived in the woods during one of the coldest winters on record, only
An Australian travelogue documenting the landscapes, rodent-control efforts, local community and workers on Lord Howe Island.
A girl frames a drunkard for a gem theft. The detective is saved from the crook's launch by a boy's 60-foot dive.
Ruby and her friends are going on a school trip with Teacher Iruka to Sichuan Province in China. However, there is something unnatural about the tour conductor, driver, and guide on their sightseeing bus as it heads towa
A family heirloom is stolen and the family attempts to recover it.
No folkore, no rituals, no klezmer, no political statements, no twee Berlin Jewish quarters. This film is an attempt to make an imageless film; a plea for a religion of imagelessness, of words, of thoughts.
The life and times of a notorious jewel thief, who frequently reinvented himself
Narrated by Isy Suttie (Peep Show, Pearl & Dave), the footage includes rare scenes of an Edwardian Petticoat Lane; a wedding in London’s East End in 1925; the defeat of the British Union of Fascists at Cable Street; Brit
Experimental film of black & white Rorschach voids by Liz Harris of Grouper that accompanied the book 'Divide'.
Two friends and expert shop assistants pluck up the courage to start their own business and venture into the world of instalment selling. Intent on succeeding, they hit the road; but, it is easier said than done. Can the
The Last Jews of Baghdad takes a historical and personal look at the persecution, torture, escape and exodus of over 160,000 Iraqi- Jews between the years 1940 through 2003. Hear from the survivors the real reasons why t
In 1947/48, it was not only 500,000 Palestinians who were displaced during the Israel war of Independence, but 850,000 Jews were also expelled from their ancient homes in Arab countries by Islamic regimes + their murdero
Stories of modern-day New Mexican Catholics, whose secret was their hidden Jewish roots.
King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's educational films, personal home movies and religious films, the filmmaker depicts his childhood fear of Jesus Christ.
A supporter of Legia Warsaw, a member of the subculture of skinheads, discovers his Jewish origin. After several months, he lives like an orthodox Jew. How was his enlightenment and how were people’s reactions?
A brief glimpse into the lives of the dwindling but passionate community of the Jews of Guantanamo.
Based on the play by Caryl Churchill, this film shows the Jewish journey from Russia in 1903 to Palestine in 2009. It humanizes and visualizes the progression from oppressed to oppressors whilst imploring it's audience f
A quirky chorus of Bay Area teens grapple with ambivalent feelings about being Jewish and participating in mainstream American life.