Kinderland and American Birthright Films - Double Feature
Sat, Jan 06
|All Saints Cinema
Kinderland is a short documentary film that tells the story of two secular Jewish summer camps in upstate New York. Our second film tonight American Birthright is a documentary about having difficult conversations. The films will be presented in partnership with the Tallahassee Film Society.
Time & Location
Jan 06, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
All Saints Cinema, 918 Railroad Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
About the event
The Tallahassee Jewish Federation is pleased to announce the first film in our 2024 Jewish film series.
We are starting the year with a double feature of and .KinderlandAmerican Birthright
Annually, the Tallahassee Jewish Federation supports summer camp scholarships and our first film, is a short documentary film that tells the story of two secular Jewish summer camps in upstate New York. Both have cultivated social activists for almost a century and are still in existence today. The camps were founded by secular working-class Jews on either side of the leftist political divide. Kinderland was communist; Kinder Ring (The Workmen's Circle) socialist. Despite numerous commonalities, they enjoyed a legendary feud from opposite ends of Sylvan Lake. In response to the recent increase in antisemitism and the accompanying rise in intolerance and inequality, today's campers, a largely secular multi-ethnic group, prioritize shared values over philosophical differences and attempt to join force…