Before Charlottesville there was Skokie…Filmmakers Eli Adler and Blair Gershkow will present and discuss a special screening of the powerful documentary that chronicles a 1978 neo-Nazi march through a Chicago suburb .
Before Charlottesville there was Skokie…
Filmmakers Eli Adler and Blair Gershkow will present and discuss a special screening of the powerful documentary they premiered at the 2015 Mill Valley Film Festival, where it was an Audience Favorite.
The film focuses on Jack Adler, Eli’s father, a Polish immigrant and concentration camp survivor who built a life for his family in Skokie, Illinois. But the peaceful existence of hundreds of Holocaust survivors was threatened in 1978, when a neo-Nazi group announced a march through the Chicago suburb.
Using the elder Adler’s first-person perspective and fascinating historical footage, the filmmakers explore how the community united in the face of the scars and memories that were suddenly exposed.
Producers/Directors: Eli Adler, Blair Gershkow
(US 2015) 65 min. plus discussion
General - $11.50
Seniors (60 and over) - $8.25
Youth (12 and under) - $8.25
Matinees (at or before 4:00pm) - $8.75
CFI Members $7
Phone: 415-454-1222
Email: rafaeltheater@cafilm.org
Additional time info:
4:15 pm
2017/11/19 - 2017/11/19
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901