Next Year Jerusalem
Life can begin at 90 -- something which this appealing doc demonstrates with admirable humanity.
Next Year Jerusalem
Choosing life in life's final chapter is the poignant subtext of this new powerful documentary, a lyrical portrait of eight nursing home residents who make a pilgrimage to Israel.
Offered a seat on the bus for a 10-day tour, the viewer accompanies individuals with various personal theologies in and out of museums, crossing Israeli landscapes from mountains to desert. But Next Year Jerusalem is less a story about tourists in a foreign land than it is a meditation on the sanctity of human experience and a tribute to the wisdom acquired in the course of a lifetime. Earnest and nuanced, it is a true exploration of living and dying, hope and fear, travel and memory. A celebration of and a reverent tribute to life's eldest travelers.
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For the ROYAL THEATRE engagement 5/31 to 6/1, NEXT YEAR JERUSALEM will play with the short film SOLDIER IN ART ARTHUR SZYK AMERICA'S WEAPON AGAINST NAZI GERMANY:
In 1940 Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk emigrated to America. He became a leading visual voice against the Nazis and advocated for the rescue of European Jews. Sixty-four paintings set to an original score dramatically capture why Szyk called himself "FDRs soldier in art."
Offered a seat on the bus for a 10-day tour, the viewer accompanies individuals with various personal theologies in and out of museums, crossing Israeli landscapes from mountains to desert. But Next Year Jerusalem is less a story about tourists in a foreign land than it is a meditation on the sanctity of human experience and a tribute to the wisdom acquired in the course of a lifetime. Earnest and nuanced, it is a true exploration of living and dying, hope and fear, travel and memory. A celebration of and a reverent tribute to life's eldest travelers.
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For the ROYAL THEATRE engagement 5/31 to 6/1, NEXT YEAR JERUSALEM will play with the short film SOLDIER IN ART ARTHUR SZYK AMERICA'S WEAPON AGAINST NAZI GERMANY:
In 1940 Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk emigrated to America. He became a leading visual voice against the Nazis and advocated for the rescue of European Jews. Sixty-four paintings set to an original score dramatically capture why Szyk called himself "FDRs soldier in art."
Genre
Documentary
Web Site
Runtime
72
Language
English
Director
David Gaynes
FEATURED REVIEW
Daniel M. Gold, New York Times
Traditions may vary, but Passover Seders typically end with the wish that the participants might celebrate again “next year in Jerusalem.” For eight pilgrims from the Jewish Home for the Elderly in Fairfield, Conn. — average age, 91 — next year was 2011, when they toured Israel, along with nursing ...
Played at
Royal 5.30.14 - 6.05.14
Town Center 5 5.31.14 - 6.01.14
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