THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
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DATE: Wednesday, December 7, 1994 TAG: 9412070016
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E3 EDITION: FINAL
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What: Virginia Festival of Jewish Film
When: Saturday through Dec. 19
Where: Naro Expanded Cinema, 1507 Colley Ave., Norfolk
Admission: $5; Saturday's ``Last Klezmer'' gala is $12 advance, $15 at the door
Information: 489-1371
SCHEDULE
Saturday - 7:15 p.m. ``The Last Klezmer,'' with appearances by director Yale Strom and the band Hot Pstromi
Sunday - 2 p.m. ``The Dybbuk,'' a 1937 Polish film of the classic Yiddish play, with Sharon Rivo of the National Center of Jewish Film.
5 p.m. ``Sweating It Out,'' a group of three short films. ``The Good Deed'' is a comedy about a boy's bar mitzvah; ``The Shvitz'' is a documentary about steambaths scored by leading young klezmer musician Frank London' ``Let's Fall in Love: A Singles Weekend at the Concord Hotel'' shows 1,200 Jewish singles seeking mates.
7 p.m. ``Ivan & Abraham,'' an escape drama about a Jewish boy and his Gentile friend in pre-World War II Poland.
Monday - 6 p.m. ``The Last Klezmer.''
7:30 p.m. ``The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein,'' a comedy about a struggling businessman, with an appearance by film maker Enrique Rottenberg.
Tuesday - 6 p.m. ``Sweating It Out.''
7:30 p.m. ``The Dybbuk.''
Next Wednesday - 2 p.m. ``The Last Klezmer.''
6 p.m. ``Ivan & Abraham.''
8 p.m. ``A La Mode,'' a comedy about an enterprising young fashion designer in 1960s Paris.
Dec. 15 - 6 p.m. ``A La Mode.''
8 p.m. ``The Slingshot,'' a coming-of-age story about a half-Jewish boy in 1920s Stockholm.
Dec. 17 - 5 p.m. ``The Slingshot.''
7 p.m. ``Martha and I,'' Aalove story set in Czechoslovakia immediately before the German occupation, starring Marianne Saegebrecht (``Bagdad Cafe,'' ``Sugarbaby''). Film maker Jiri Weiss will be present.
9:30 ``Cafe au Lait'' a Paris comedy about a pregnant West Indian woman and her two lovers, a son of African diplomats and a Jew obsessed with Spike Lee.
Dec. 18 - 2 p.m. ``Ivan & Abraham''
4 p.m. ``Martha and I''
6 p.m. ``A La Mode''
8 p.m. ``Cafe Au Lait''
Dec. 19 - 6 p.m. ``The Slingshot''
8 p.m. ``Cafe au Lait'' by CNB