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Below you will find an alphabetical listing of the video and dvd holdings of the Gray Cultural and Learning Center. The collection is constantly being updated, so be sure to check back often.
Videos and dvd's must be checked out IN PERSON, but you can call the Learning Center to check on availability, at 847 432-8900, ext. 242.
To search for a particular video, just fill in the name of the video below, and find out whether it is in our collection. You can also use the "keyword" feature, to search for ANY word that may be found in any part of the description, including title, producer/director, subject, or summary.
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Title: Primo
Producer, Director: Sher, Antony
Audience: adult
Length: 110 min.
Subject: Biography -- Levi, Primo
Summary: This is a film depiction of the play, Primo, which premiered at the Cottesloe Theater in September 2004 . The play is the work of tremendous dramatic power, bringing to life Primo Levi's testament to his year in Auschwitz , London Featuring Antony Sher as Primo Levi.
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Title: Prince of Egypt
Producer, Director: Dreamworks
Audience: all
Length: 99 min.
Subject: Bible -- Personalities
Summary: This brilliantly animated cinematic achievement tells the story of Moses, Prince of Egypt and how he saved the Jews from slavery in Egypt. The colors and animantion are enthralling, the music a celebration, the narrative clever. This is a classic for all ages, beautifully depicted, with voice-overs by a roster of Hollywood stars. Fabulous entertainment.
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Title: Prisoner of Honor
Producer, Director: Dreyfuss, Richard
Audience: adult
Length: 88 min.
Subject: Anti-Semitism -- Dreyfus
Summary: In this HBO depiction of the infamous Alfred Dreyfus case in France, Richard Dreyfuss plays the head of counter-intelligence, George Picquart, whose goal is to revive public faith in the country. He reopens the case against Dreyfus when he discovers that the soldier is innocent, and the traitor is still free. Controversy erupts, and he is arrested. Rated PG.
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Title: Prisoner of Paradise
Producer, Director: Eberts, Jake and Sender, Stuart
Audience: adult
Length: 100 min.
Subject: Biography -- Gerron, Kurt
Summary: This Academy Award nominee (for best docuentary feature) is the true story of Kurt Gerron, a well-known and beloved German-Jewish actor, director and cabaret star in Berlin in the 1920's and 30's. Ultimately, he was captured and sent to a concentration camp, where he was ordered to write and direct a pro-Nazi propaganda film.
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Title: Profile of an Artist: Moriziu Gottlieb
Producer, Director: Ephrati, Yigael and Schutz, David
Audience: adult
Length: 40 min.
Subject: Biography -- Gottlieb, Moriziu
Summary: This video gives a detailed and vivid description of the paintings of Moriziu Gottlieb, Polish Jewish artist (1856-1879), who died tragically at the age of 23. During his brief career, the man regarded as the Jewish Rembrandt" attained lofty heights in the art world.
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Title: Project Greenlight
Producer, Director: Moore, Chris
Audience: adult
Length: 7 hours 33 min.
Subject: Movie Production
Summary: Contains the program "Project Greenlight", which documented the filming of the movie Stolen Summer. Features Adi Stein.
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Title: Promised Land (Aretz Hamuvtachat, Ha-)
Producer, Director: Gitai, Amos
Audience: adult
Length: 87 min.
Subject: Fiction
Summary: This powerful story and social commentary is the story of a group of young unwitting Eastern European girls, smuggled into Egypt to then be auctioned off as prostitutes in Israel. A stark picture of international trafficking of women, this film was nominated for a number of awards, and some call it Amos Gitai's best film.
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Title: Promises
Producer, Director: Shapiro, Justine; B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado
Audience: Ages 12 - adult
Length: 104 min.
Subject: Israeli-Palestinian Relations
Summary: Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each other, in this alternative look at the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. The three filmmakers followed a group of seven local children between 1995 and 1998. They all have a totally different background. These seven children tell their own story about growing up in Jerusalem. Through this portrait of their generation, we see how deep rooted and almost insoluble the problems of the Middle East have become. When the protagonists speak out in an epilogue a couple of years later, it becomes apparent that all have lost their childlike innocence.
The DVD contains updates of the Israeli and Palestinian children filmed in August 2004, and filmmakers' bios. In Arabic, Hebrew and English, with English subtitles.
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Title: Protocols of Zion
Producer, Director: Levin, Marc
Audience: adult
Length: 95 min.
Subject: Anti-semitism
Summary: Despite all the evidence, millions around the world continue to blame the Jews for 9/11. This belief is a modern-day incarnation of the infamous "Protocols of the Elders of Zion," the forgery that some people claimed to be the Jews' master plan to rule the world. The filmmaker sets out to understand why this racism has been revived and finds himself delving into the heart of hate and bigotry.
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Title: Purim/ Tu B'Shevat in Story and Song
Producer, Director: Israel Music
Audience: all
Length: 60 min.
Subject: Tu B'Shevat
Summary: Purim, celebrated in the middle of Adar, marks the rescue of the Persian Jews from the wicked Haman. Tu B'shevat, the new year for the trees, is a unique holiday with tree planting, blossoming almond trees, the tu b'shevat seder, and the wonders of nature. This is narrated by an Israelie, and gives the Israeli customs for these holidays.
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Title: Quarrel
Producer, Director: Brandes, David
Audience: adult
Length: 90 min.
Subject: Fiction
Summary: This provocative film is the story of two friends who meet after the Holocaust, and discuss their views of life and death. Based on a short story by Yiddish novelist Chaim Grade, the Quarrel is a wonderfully moving story of friendship and existential angst. Chaim (R.H. Thoomson) has quit the Yeshiva and fled his shtetl life, Hersh (Saul Rubinek) has become a devout and revered rebbe. Winner of many awards.
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Title: Queen Esther
Producer, Director: Hanna-Barbera Prod.
Audience: children
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Bible -- Animated
Summary: In a delightful, but authentic rendering of the Purim story, the cartoon characters visit Shushan, where they meet Mordecai and Esther. We see the expulsion of Vashti, the accession of Esther to the throne, the rage of Haman, and his ultimate downfall. An excellent video for young children about the Purim story.
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Title: Question of Authority
Producer, Director: Fishman, Tzvi
Audience: adult
Length: 25 min.
Subject: Ethics
Summary: A young mother of two is in an advanced state of pregnancy. After a terrible fall, she is brought to the hospital, where decisions have to be made about saving her life and the life of her unborn child. Questions of Jewish law, civil law, and the rights of the mother, child, father, and doctors, all are examined.
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Title: Rabin Funeral
Producer, Director: CNN
Audience: all
Length: 90 min.
Subject: Biography -- Rabin, Yitzhak
Summary: This is the televised funeral of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in November, 1995. Includes speeches by President Clinton, and Rabin's granddaughter, Noa.
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Title: Rabin: Soldier in the Army of Peace
Producer, Director: Israel Broadcasting Authority
Audience: adult
Length: 55 min.
Subject: Biography -- Rabin, Yitzhak
Summary: The fascinating life story of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, interwoven with the history of the State of Israel, from the 1948 war of Independence until his assassination in 1995.
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Title: Rachel's Man
Producer, Director: Mizrahi, Moshe, Dir.
Audience: adult
Length: 115 min.
Subject: Bible -- Dramatic Interpretations
Summary: A very strange rendition of the story of Jacob, his living in the house of Laban (Mickey Rooney!), and falling in love with Rachel.
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Title: Rambam Cures the King
Producer, Director: Jewish Educational Video
Audience: children
Length: 30 min.
Subject: Maimonides
Summary: Puppets and actors bring to life a story from the life of Maimonides, in which the Jewish sage and doctor cures the king of an illness and is appointed to the post of Court Physician. Entertaining.
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Title: Raoul Wallenberg -- Between the Lines
Producer, Director: Altman, Karin
Audience: adult
Length: 85 min.
Subject: Biography -- Wallenberg, Raoul
Summary: Raoul Wallenberg's heroic efforts saved thousands of Jews in Budapest during the Holocaust. This film uses interviews with colleagues and survivors, newsreels and documentary footage to tell the story of Wallenberg, his diplomatic maneuvers, and his mysterious disappearance. 1984. Not Rated.
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Title: Rashi: A Light After the Dark Ages
Producer, Director: Wein, Berel
Audience: all
Length: 56 min.
Subject: Biography -- Rashi
Summary: Set in the 11th century, this is the story of an unusual hero, a Bible commentator who was a winemaker. In an age of ignorance and illiteracy, he taught his daughters to read and write, he debated politics and theology with his Christian neighbors, and delved into the mysteries of the Bible. With the voices of Leonard Nimoy, Armand Assante, and Paul Scofield.
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Title: Real Complete Jewish Party Dance Instructions
Producer, Director: Yakobian, David H.
Audience: all
Length: 90 min.
Subject: Dance
Summary: This video gives basic instruction in over 20 Jewish dances, including the basic hora, circle dancing, chair dancing, line dancing, hassidic dancing, mayim, dodi li, zemer atik, and others. Dances are described by the leader, then shown in slow motion, and finally, in normal speed. Easy to follow instructions makes this very useful and fun.
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