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  • “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round” Screening & Talkback with WHC

    Gesher Jewish Day School 4800 Mattie Moore Court Fairfax, VA 22030 , United States

    When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the largely Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history was born.

    Produced and directed by Ilana Trachtman (daughter of WHC's longtime Hebrew teacher Gerdy Trachtman), the film has played at festivals across the country. Following the screening, there will be a discussion between Rabbi Sue Shankman and Pastor Mark Thomas of Contee AME Zion Church, moderated by Professor LaNitra Berger of George Mason University.

    The show is at the Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20015. (Select Thursday, May 15, 7:15 pm showtime)

    More information about the film can be found at aintnoback.com.
    Cost Range: 11 - 17.25

    $11

  • “The Milky Way” Screening with Avalon Theatre

    Gesher Jewish Day School 4800 Mattie Moore Court Fairfax, VA 22030 , United States

    Tala, an Israeli offbeat musician, just had her first baby. With no father in the picture and desperate to make a living to support her child , Tala takes up a job at the ÒMilky Way'' an upscale dairy specializing in premium breast milk for affluent families.
    Cost Range: 9.43 - 14.15

    $12

  • “Return from the Other Planet” Screening with Avalon Theatre

    Gesher Jewish Day School 4800 Mattie Moore Court Fairfax, VA 22030 , United States

    Director Assaf Lapid in person!

    Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival, RETURN FROM THE OTHER PLANET is an enthralling film that delves into the life of an author who initially wrote using a pseudonym, only to later unveil his true and complex identity.
    Cost Range: 9.43 - 14.15

    $12