(SPRAY BEACH, NJ) -- Lighthouse International Film Society and Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island present a screening of Cinema Sabaya on Saturday, January 21 at the Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island (2411 Long Beach Blvd) in Spray Beach, New Jersey. The screening starts at at 7:30pm.
The word sabaya in Hebrew means “young girls,” so the irony is all the more sharply drawn when used in the title of this intimate story of eight woman — of various ages, both Arab and Jewish — who meet at a community center video workshop and begin documenting their lives.
As each student works on her filmmaking skills and shares her footage, beliefs and preconceptions are challenged and barriers broken down. The group comes together as the women they are—mothers, daughters, sisters, wives—all living in a world designed to keep them apart. Learning more about each other and themselves, their interactions form empowering, uplifting bonds.
Inspired by writer-director Orit Fouks Rotem’s own experiences as a teacher in Tel Aviv, Cinema Sabaya presents a deft and heartfelt portrait of art’s capacity to unite disparate communities. Moving seamlessly between the challenges they face in their domestic lives and the joy found in the new friendships fostered within this unlikely group, the women open a window onto our common humanity. And the cast, comprised of both professional actors and non-actors, strikes a perfect balance of humor and grit.
Tickets are $10 online/$12 door. (free to LIF Society members) Advance reservations are strongly encouraged and appreciated.
Cinema Sabaya is Israel’s Official Submission to the 95th Academy Awards, and winner of five Ophir Awards, including Best Picture; Best Director, Orit Fouks Rotem; and Best Supporting Actress, Joanna Said.
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