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Experience More Than Just the Movies
Join us for special events that highlight storytelling, spark conversation, and elevate the festival beyond the screen.
Feature Events for 2026
Lisa Effress, Producer, Tim Roper, Co-Director/Writer
Join us afterward for a Q&A discussion featuring For The Living film producer Lisa Effress and Co Director/Writer Tim Roper. Reception to follow.
Dr. Erin McGlothlin, Washington University Professor of German and Jewish Studies
Appearing: Tuesday, March 17, following the 3pm showing of the documentary Elie Wiesel: Soul On Fire
Dr. Erin McGlothlin is the Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Holocaust Studies and Professor of German and Jewish Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, where she also serves as Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs. Her scholarship focuses on Holocaust literature and film, German‑Jewish literature, and the ethics and narrative structures of Holocaust representation. She is the author of Second‑Generation Holocaust Literature and The Mind of the Holocaust Perpetrator in Fiction and Nonfiction, which received the 2023 Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize.
Her expertise enriches conversations about how the Holocaust is portrayed on screen, making her an invaluable contributor to the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival.
Contacts
| J Box Office t: 314.442.3283 |
Director of Cultural Arts John WIlson 314.442.3190 |
| BOX OFFICE HOURS: MON-THU 10am-noon in person | MON-FRI 10-4pm by phone | |