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SUMMARY:Elie Wiesel: Soul On Fire – A St. Louis Jewish Film Festival Event
DESCRIPTION:2024\, NR\nUSA\, English\nOren Rudavsky\nDocumentary: 87 minutes \n“Sometimes I’m afraid the tale might be forgotten. Sometimes I’m afraid it is forgotten already.”— Elie Wiesel\, Nobel Prize winning author of Night Eighty years after his liberation from Buchenwald\, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire seeks to understand the man behind one of the most searing and widely read memoirs of the Holocaust. Told largely through Wiesel’s own words and unmistakable voice\, the film penetrates the heart of both the known and lesser-known Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) — his passions\, his doubts\, his moral conflicts\, and his lifelong insistence on bearing witness. Drawing on rare archival materials\, original interviews\, and striking hand-painted animation\, the film illuminates Wiesel’s journey as a survivor\, writer\, teacher\, and public conscience. More than a biography\, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire challenges each of us to consider what it truly means to bear witness — and whether we\, too\, would have the courage to endure\, to speak\, and to act in the face of injustice. \nTrailer\n \nJoin Us for a Special Q&A After the Show with Dr. Erin McGlothlin\, WashU Professor Holocaust Studies and German and Jewish Studies\nDr. 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. \nHer expertise enriches conversations about how the Holocaust is portrayed on screen\, making her an invaluable contributor to the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival. \nThis Q&A with Dr. McGlothlin is included with your event ticket. \nB&B Theatres Creve Coeur West Olive 10\nThis St. Louis Jewish Film Festival event is at B&B Theatres Creve Coeur West Olive 10\, a newly remodeled luxury entertainment center featuring 10 auditoriums with laser projection\, digital audio\, and heated electric reclining seats for an elevated viewing experience. The theatre offers several premium formats\, including ScreenX (270° panoramic immersion)\, MX4D\, the B&B Grand Screen\, screenPLAY!\, Lyric\, and Max Relax auditoriums. \nBeyond the films themselves\, guests can enjoy B‑Roll Bowling\, the Outtakes Arcade (featuring a climbing wall)\, and Sterling’s\, the theatre’s on‑site restaurant and bar. Free parking and accessibility accommodations are available\, making this venue a comfortable and convenient destination for festival attendees. \nTickets\nRESERVE TICKETS \n\n31st ANNUAL ST. LOUIS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL\nSunday\, March 15–Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\nNow in its 31st year\, the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival showcases outstanding films that illuminate Jewish life\, culture\, and identity. Screenings run Sunday\, March 15–Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\, at the B&B multiplex and at partner locations around St. Louis\, offering audiences a high-quality cinematic experience on both the Grand Screen and in smaller auditoriums. The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival is a program of the J – St. Louis. \n 
URL:https://jccstl.com/event/elie-wiesel-soul-on-fire-a-st-louis-jewish-film-festival-event/
LOCATION:B&B Theaters Creve Coeur West Olive 10\, 12657 Olive Blvd\, Creve Coeur\, MO\, 63141\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nuremberg – A St. Louis Jewish Film Festival Event
DESCRIPTION:2025\, PG-13\nUSA\, English\nJames Vanderbilt\nFeature: 148 minutes \nPowerful\, gripping\, and intellectually provocative\, Nuremberg brings the world’s most infamous war crimes trial into sharp psychological focus. Starring Russell Crowe\, Rami Malek\, and Michael Shannon\, the film follows a U.S. Army psychiatrist tasked with evaluating Nazi leaders before they stand trial. As he becomes increasingly entangled with Hermann Göring\, the line between observer and participant begins to blur\, forcing him — and the audience — to confront unsettling questions about the nature of evil\, accountability\, and justice. Tense and morally complex\, Nuremberg asks whether true reckoning is possible when the perpetrators of history’s greatest crimes refuse to see themselves as monsters. \nTrailer\n \nB&B Theatres Creve Coeur West Olive 10\nThis St. Louis Jewish Film Festival event is at B&B Theatres Creve Coeur West Olive 10\, a newly remodeled luxury entertainment center featuring 10 auditoriums with laser projection\, digital audio\, and heated electric reclining seats for an elevated viewing experience. The theatre offers several premium formats\, including ScreenX (270° panoramic immersion)\, MX4D\, the B&B Grand Screen\, screenPLAY!\, Lyric\, and Max Relax auditoriums. \nBeyond the films themselves\, guests can enjoy B‑Roll Bowling\, the Outtakes Arcade (featuring a climbing wall)\, and Sterling’s\, the theatre’s on‑site restaurant and bar. Free parking and accessibility accommodations are available\, making this venue a comfortable and convenient destination for festival attendees. \nTickets\nRESERVE TICKETS \n\n31st ANNUAL ST. LOUIS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL\nSunday\, March 15–Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\nNow in its 31st year\, the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival showcases outstanding films that illuminate Jewish life\, culture\, and identity. Screenings run Sunday\, March 15–Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\, at the B&B multiplex and at partner locations around St. Louis\, offering audiences a high-quality cinematic experience on both the Grand Screen and in smaller auditoriums. The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival is a program of the J – St. Louis. \n  \n 
URL:https://jccstl.com/event/nuremberg-a-st-louis-jewish-film-festival-event/
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SUMMARY:For The Living – A St. Louis Jewish Film Festival Event
DESCRIPTION:2024\, NR\nUSA\, English\nMarc Bennet\, Brett Kopin\, Tim Roper\, Lisa Efress\nDocumentary: 112 minutes \nThe 31st Annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival opens with a powerful meditation on dehumanization — and the urgent need to restore our shared humanity. When 250 cyclists embark on a profound journey\, retracing the liberation route of a Holocaust survivor from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Kraków\, Poland\, their ride becomes more than an act of remembrance. It becomes a living response to hatred\, one that transforms memory into empathy and action at a time of rising global antisemitism. For The Living is an epic and deeply moving true story that challenges us to ask: When will we stop building monuments only for the dead and begin rehumanizing the living? When will we finally say “Never Again” — and truly mean it? \nJoin us afterward for a Q and A discussion featuring For The Living film producer\, Lisa Effress\, and Co Director/Writer\, Tim Roper. Reception to follow. \nTrailer\n \nB&B Theatres Creve Coeur West Olive 10\nThis St. Louis Jewish Film Festival event is at B&B Theatres Creve Coeur West Olive 10\, a newly remodeled luxury entertainment center featuring 10 auditoriums with laser projection\, digital audio\, and heated electric reclining seats for an elevated viewing experience. The theatre offers several premium formats\, including ScreenX (270° panoramic immersion)\, MX4D\, the B&B Grand Screen\, screenPLAY!\, Lyric\, and Max Relax auditoriums. \nBeyond the films themselves\, guests can enjoy B‑Roll Bowling\, the Outtakes Arcade (featuring a climbing wall)\, and Sterling’s\, the theatre’s on‑site restaurant and bar. Free parking and accessibility accommodations are available\, making this venue a comfortable and convenient destination for festival attendees. \nTickets\nRESERVE TICKETS \n\n31st ANNUAL ST. LOUIS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL\nSunday\, March 15–Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\nNow in its 31st year\, the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival showcases outstanding films that illuminate Jewish life\, culture\, and identity. Screenings run Sunday\, March 15–Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\, at the B&B multiplex and at partner locations around St. Louis\, offering audiences a high-quality cinematic experience on both the Grand Screen and in smaller auditoriums. The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival is a program of the J – St. Louis. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Film Festival Special Preview Event & Screening of Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness
DESCRIPTION:Preview the 2026 Season Experience with a Film Screening\, Filmmaker Q&A\, & Guest Performance\nExperience an evening of powerful storytelling\, community\, and Jewish and Japanese culture during this year’s St. Louis Jewish Film Festival Preview Event. \nTake in an energetic pre-film performance by St. Louis Osuwa Taiko\, be moved by the heroic acts of a Japanese diplomat during the Holocaust in a screening of the documentary film Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness\, and engage with diane estelle Vicari\, award‑winning filmmaker of Sugihara\, during a live Q&A. \n\nFilm: Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness\n2000\, NR\nUSA\, English\nRobert Kirk\, diane estelle Vicari\nDocumentary: 90 minutes  \na powerful documentary that reminds us how one person’s courage can change the course of history \nIn the dark early days of World War II\, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara made a choice that defied his government — and changed the course of thousands of lives.\n\nIn the fall of 1939\, as Hitler’s murderous wave swept across Eastern Europe\, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara faced an impossible choice. Stationed in Lithuania as Japan’s Consul\, Sugihara was surrounded by desperate Jewish refugees whose only hope of escape lay in a transit visa he was expressly forbidden to issue. Acting against direct orders from Tokyo—and at enormous risk to his career and his family—Sugihara followed his conscience\, handwriting thousands of visas that enabled Jews to flee through Russia to Japan and onward to safety. Today\, it is estimated that more than 40\,000 people owe their lives to Sugihara’s extraordinary moral courage.\n\n\n\nTrailer\nhttps://jccstl.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SUGIHARA-Conspiracy-of-Kindness-Trailer-SD1.mp4\n\n\n\nSpecial Pre-Show Performance by St. Louis Osuwa Taiko\nSt. Louis Osuwa Taiko delivers the traditional art of Japanese taiko—along with powerful modern pieces—through electrifying\, high‑energy performances that captivate audiences with rhythm\, movement\, and cultural artistry. Performing throughout the Midwest\, they bring a thunderous\, heart‑pounding experience you can feel in your chest\, making them a must‑see for anyone who loves immersive live art or Japanese culture. \n \n\nPost-Screening Q&A with Filmmaker diane estelle Vicari\n\n \nThe screening will be followed by a live Q&A with award-winning filmmaker diane estelle Vicari\, whose documentary brings Sugihara’s story vividly to life. A graduate of UCLA’s Program in Film and Television\, Vicari has built a distinguished career producing films that explore our shared humanity and global interconnectedness. Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness earned the prestigious Pare Lorentz/IDA Award\, and in 2021\, the California State Legislature officially designated Sugihara Visas Day\, honoring the diplomat’s legacy of compassion and rescue.\n\n\nVicari’s appearance is generously sponsored by Nancy and Ken Kranzberg and Shelly and Rick Mayhew. We invite you to join us for this meaningful evening of film\, conversation\, and reflection — a fitting prelude to a festival devoted to bearing witness\, choosing courage\, and celebrating the power of human kindness. \n\n\n\nTickets\nTickets for this special preview event are only $5/person!\n\nRESERVE TICKETS \n\n\nPartner Event\n \nJoin us January 17–April 4 at the Holocaust Museum for Special Exhibition “Resilience – A Sansei Sense of Legacy”\nThe Film Festival Special Preview Event: Sugihara coincides with the Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum’s new exhibition\, RESILIENCE: A Sansei Sense of Legacy\, on view January 17 – April 4\, 2026.\n\nIn 1942\, Executive Order 9066 forced the incarceration of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. Told from the perspective of Sansei – third-generation Japanese Americans – Resilience features the work of eight artists whose families experienced this injustice and whose art reflects on its impact across generations. That impact was also felt here in St. Louis\, where many Japanese American families settled post incarceration.\n\nThis free exhibition is made possible through the Museum’s Partnership with the Japanese American Citizen’s League. \n\n\n31st ANNUAL ST. LOUIS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL\nSunday\, March 15–Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\nNow in its 31st year\, the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival showcases outstanding films that illuminate Jewish life\, culture\, and identity. Screenings run Sunday\, March 15–Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\, at the B&B multiplex and at partner locations around St. Louis\, offering audiences a high-quality cinematic experience on both the Grand Screen and in smaller auditoriums. The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival is a program of the J – St. Louis.
URL:https://jccstl.com/event/sugihara-conspiracy-of-kindness-documentary-st-louis-jewish-film-festival-event-opening-event/
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