Short Film "The Tailor" & Feature Film "The Klezmatics - On Holy Ground" Screening, Monday, March 19, 2012

Monday, March 19, 2012, 7:00 pm in the Herbert Gilman Theater at the Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT. Both films featured. Part of the 16th Annual Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival.

THE TAILOR:
Culture and confusion meet on a Brooklyn street. (USA, 2011, 7 minutes, English subtitles) Director: Gordon Grinberg.

The Klezmatics - On Holy Ground:This feature-length backstage documentary about the Grammy Award-winning klezmer band captures the band's highs, lows, and relentless march forward. The Klezmatics – with West Hartford native drummer Richie Barshay -  have recorded with the best, including Itzhak Perlman and Arlo Guthrie. Heavy Shtetl Klezmer Band and nosh precede film at 5:00 PM, Reel Talk with director Erik Greenberg Anjou follows screening. (USA, 2010, 106 minutes, English) Director: Erik Greenberg Anjou.

Tickets are $10 per person in advance, $13 per person at the door and includes both films. For tickets, schedules, directions, and a Festival brochure contact the Hartford Jewish Film Festival Box Office, Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT. 06117, 860-231-6316, visit the official film festival website, www.hjff.org or contact the Mandell JCC, 860-236-4571.

Seating is limited, advance purchase is recommended to avoid sellouts. Tickets will be sold at the door subject to availability; all seating is general admission and program is subject to change. All events are under Hartford Kashrut Commission supervision.

Dates, Times, and Locations for all Hartford Jewish Film Festival screenings vary. Please visit www.HJFF.org for showtimes and listings.