giving creative expression to the voice of the soul
by Sarah Trappler Spielman
One afternoon this past winter, I waited at a café in Boro Park for Yuta Silverman, an ambitious young filmmaker who lives in the neighborhood. Although I had watched four of her films in one week, I didn’t know what to expect. But when a beautiful red-haired woman entered with a beaming smile and an open, friendly face, I immediately recognized her as the star of Sheffield’s Manor, a film about a group of girls hiding in [...]
Orthodox Hollywood director, Robin Garbose, will be speaking this evening at the second screening of her most recent film, “The Heart that Sings,” for female audiences.
The movie musical is about a young holocaust survivor named Miriam, who lives in New York in the 1950s and spends a summer at a girls camp in the Catskills as drama director. At first the campers take advantage of her quiet, broken spirit but in the end they transform [...]
by Libby Herz
One of the most-widely attended Jewish film festivals in the United States shined a spotlight on the lives of religious women this week, treating all-female audiences to screenings of a uniquely feminine work of art and a chance to get to know the film’s director.
With a cast dominated by religious women and girls – many of them from the Chabad-Lubavitch run Beth Rivkah High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. – “The Heart That Sings” hit theaters last year after [...]
Sunday, Feb. 26 @ 1:05pm
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Monday, Feb. 27 @ 5:15pm
Encore Screening by Popular Demand!!
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United Artists Tara Cinemas 4
2345 Cheshire Bridge Road
Atlanta, GA 30324
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Cinematheque program says the movie creators ‘politely request that only women and girls attend the screening.’
By Tsafi Saar
Cinematheque Tel Aviv attempted to prevent men from attending screenings of the movie “The Heart that Sings,” according to a man who attempted to purchase a ticket to the film Sunday.
Dr. Yosef Algazi said the woman working at the box office told him the movie was for women only. According to the Cinematheque’s description of the movie in its program that [...]
by Hannah Brown
Robin Garbose’s groundbreaking new film, ‘The Heart that Sings,’ is a movie musical created exclusively for women and girls.
Many directors like to think themselves unique, but no one except Robin Saex Garbose could utter the sentence, “My frumkeit deepened while I was directing episodes of America’s Most Wanted.”
Garbose is in here this week to present her latest film, The Heart That Sings, which is being shown at the 13th Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival at the Jerusalem Cinematheque [...]
Festival and Israel Premiere December 18 @ 17:30 and December 19 @ 17:00 at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival; includes Q & A sessions at the Jerusalem Cinematheque with director Robin Garbose!
Screenings to follow in Tel Aviv, Rosh Pina, Tzfat, Ramat Beit Shemesh, Petach Tikva, Kfar Chabad and other Jerusalem locations… for more information, call 02-583-1371
Robin Garbose’s groundbreaking new film, The Heart that Sings, a movie musical created exclusively for women and girls, will be making its Israel and festival premiere [...]
Camp Bnos Yisrael, a new DVD series for girls by acclaimed filmmaker Robin Garbose, will be available as a 3-disc box set this Chanukah. Join the girls of Camp Bnos Yisrael on their adventures as they experience the joy and drama of summer camp. Meet Bracha Belsky and discover the importance of a positive attitude or Batsheva Greenbaum and tackle the awkwardness of fitting in. Learn about the pain of embarrassment as well as the greatness of true friendship. From [...]
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All proceeds to Tzedaka: Kol Neshama Camp Scholarship Fund
Boro Park
2 Locations!
Lots of Seating!
Sara Schenirer Hall
4622 14th Ave
Tosh Hall
4615 14th Ave
(Ladies Entrance)
Motzei Shabbos, October 15 @ 9:30pm
Sunday, October 16 @ 8:00pm & 10:00pm
Monday, October 17 @ 8:00pm & 10:00pm
Toronto
Bais Yaakov High School
410 Lawrence Ave. W
Motzei Shabbos, October 15 @ 8:45pm
Lakewood
Park Terrace
200 Park Ave.
Motzei Shabbos, October 15 @ 9:45pm
Sunday, October 16 @ 8:00pm & 10:00pm
Monsey/Spring Valley
Ateres Charna
790 N. Main St. [...]
Orthodox Hollywood director, Robin Garbose, will be screening her most recent film, “The Heart that Sings,” for female audiences in Chicago during Passover.
The movie musical is about a young Holocaust survivor named Miriam, who lives in New York in the 1950s and spends a summer at a girls camp in the Catskills as drama director. At first, the campers take advantage of her quiet, broken spirit, but in the end they transform each other in a magnificent way.
Garbose’s first [...]
To arrange an Israel screening, contact Hedva Goldschmidt at hedva@go2films.com or 02-583-1371 / 052-332-1732.
For US and other screenings, contact Kol Neshama at kolneshama.admin@gmail.com or 310-659-2342
The Los Angeles Times called it, “Entertaining and uplifting.” Binah Magazine described it as, “Truly a masterpiece, with a powerful message of faith”, and Rebbetzin Baila Stern of Bais Yaakov of Passaic said, “Inspiring, touching and entertaining! This film illustrates the far-reaching impact of a child’s upbringing.”
Since its Los Angeles premier in December 2007, “A Light for Greytowers” has been seen [...]
Baruch Hashem, we have come a long way from being “The Film They Wouldn’t Screen” in December 2008.
We are delighted to announce historic news:
The Jerusalem Cinemateque (sponsor of the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival) has made the courageous and groundbreaking decision to join the Tel Aviv Cinemateque in showing “A Light for Greytowers” — the first time a women-only film has ever screened in either Cinemateque, creating a new precedent in Israel and building a bridge, through art, between people from [...]