The Greensboro Jewish Federation's 2025 Triad Jewish Film Festival is returning to an all in-person format, showcasing six incredible films that celebrate the best and brightest of Israeli and Jewish cinema. With screenings at two premier venues-the luxurious Virginia Somerville Sutton Theatre at Well-Spring (January 26, 28, and 30) and the Golden Ticket Cinemas (February 2, 4, and 6)-the festival offers an immersive experience for film lovers. Featuring a diverse selection of international films across genres, the festival promises something for everyone.
Schedule of Events:
7:00 pm: Iron Ladies - Documentary Run Time: 51 min
The previously untold story of a group of young Jewish housewives and mums, who, at the height of the Cold War, took on the might of the USSR in defense of the rights and freedoms of Soviet Jews… and won.
The 35s were an international network of women with no political power or experience, who simply refused to stand idle in the face of Soviet tyranny and persecution of their co-religionists. Starting with demonstrations and protests, they progressed to a series of clandestine visits behind the Iron Curtain, worthy of a spy novel, posing as tourists in order to support and find out about the conditions of so-called "Refusenik" Jews. Helped by a top-secret Israeli Government agency, Nativ, these trips helped fuel political campaigns that secured the release of key dissidents, opening fissures that led to the eventual liberation of over a million Soviet Jews. For decades, the women kept their activities secret, but now, in their seventies and eighties, they are finally ready to talk.
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