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DOUGH

A struggling Jewish baker tries to keep his family business afloat and hires a young African Muslim boy, whose pot-dealing side business starts causing bakery sales to skyrocket.  Against this backdrop, a moving story about releasing prejudices and accepting differences is created through the collaboration of filmmakers and actors. (EML: 4/5) Review by FF2 Associate […]

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Listen Up Philip

For Jewish fans of novelist Philip Roth, Listen Up Philip arrives in our art house theatres like an early Hanukkah gift. Filmmaker Alex Ross Perry not only signals his intention right up front in the title, he also calls his lead character “Philip Lewis Friedman.” But true to his Rothian roots, Perry then mixes up […]

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