The 5th Annual Boston Palestine Film Festival features over 50 films from international filmmakers; many of whom will be present. Themes include: Work of Elia Suleiman; celebrating the legacy of Edward Said; recognizing women filmmakers; honoring past revolutions and witnessing the new Arab Spring. Venues: MFA, Boston; Berklee College of Music; Harvard Law School; Cambridge and Brookline Public Libraries. Opening Film: The Time That Remains, with Elia Suleiman in attendance, MFA October 21, 6:30 pm. Reception featuring Shusmo band follows at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
BPFF, now in its fifth year, showcases the diverse and creative work of all filmmakers (any nationality) exploring both historic and contemp ... Go to event
In Paris’s picturesque Montmartre district in 1942, three children wearing a yellow star play in the streets, oblivious to the darkness spreading over Nazi-occupied France. Their parents don’t seem overly concerned, putting their trust in the Vichy Government. But beneath the surface, their world is ending. Hitler demands that the French government round up its Jews and put them on trains for the extermination camps in the East. The collaborators quickly and efficiently put the plan into motion and soon, 13,000 of Paris’s Jews, among them 4,000 children, will be rounded up and sent on a road with no return. The first large-scale cinematic telling of the most shameful moment in modern French history, La Rafle (The Round-Up) stars Jean Reno (La Femme Nikita) and Sylvie Testud (La Vie en Rose ... 
