Raise The Roof Jewish Film Festival

This documentary follows a team of over 300.

Raise the roof jewish film festival.

Keeper of the jewish film legacy the boston globe. Working against a seemingly impossible deadline and despite torrential downpours and exhaustion the team must create the structure and disassemble it again for. Amid a rising tide of antisemitism across much of europe comes an extraordinary story of resurrection and renewal. During wwii the nazis destroyed a forest of wooden synagogues considered to be among the most remarkable wooden structures ever built.

Oh my god it is one of the most moving and amazing documentaries i have ever seen. Best documentary audience choice award new. They recovered a lost world. For 44 years ncjf has rescued restored exhibited rare films that document the vibrancy of jewish life.

I just watched raise the roof. They set out to reconstruct a lost synagogue. All i can say is. 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.

Both organizations share a common commitment to strengthen jewish life and foster intergroup understanding among atlanta s diverse cultural ethnic and religious populations. Based on same stories as tevye and fiddler on the roof world premiere jan 19 2020 ny jewish film festival lincoln center nyc. The crew has only six weeks to hew saw and carve 200 freshly logged trees and assemble the structure. Raise the roof follows the browns and the handshouse studio team to sanok poland as they begin building the new gwoździec roof.

Directed by yari wolinsky.