Dr. Fred Pollock and the Federated Jewish Charities of Charleston are sponsoring another evening of new films about the Jewish experience on Sunday, January 22. They plan on showing two films including an excellent film I previewed, “Live and Become.” The first film is yet to be chosen.

“Live and Become” is a French/Israeli film, shot entirely in Israel about an Ethiopian boy who disguises himself as an Ethiopian Jew in order to escape famine. He emigrates to Israel and ends up adopted by an Israeli family, eventually becoming a MD in Paris.

The film was very well done from acting to cinematography and is honest about prejudice in Israel. The young boy, 9 at the beginning, has a very difficult time and really misses his mother. It is one of the better films I have seen this year and highly recommend it to everyone, not just the Jewish community. Hopefully, Charleston’s black community will come to see the free showing as well.

I will post information on the second film when it is chosen. Kudos to Dr. Pollock and the Jewish Charities for continuing to bring world-class cinema to Charleston.

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