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About the 2010 Sacramento Jewish Film Festival

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February 6 & 7, 2010

	The Sacramento Jewish Film Festival takes place at the Crest Theatre every February. Tired of schlepping to the Bay Area for her annual Jewish film fix, co-founder Margi Park-Landau, Volunteer Coordinator, teamed with theatre Manager, Sid Heberger in 1997 and the Sacramento Jewish Film Festival was born.
	Celebrating a Bar Mitzvah year, the 2010 Sacramento Jewish Film Festival brings feature films from around the globe to the Crest Theatre. Four carefully chosen films represent the diversity of the Jewish culture: Israel, Argentina, Germany and America--rich with history, humor and passion.
	Two opening night films emphasize the importance of inner beauty and self-worth. Award-winning Argentine director María Victoria Menis brings us “Camera Obscura”. We meet Gertrudis, an ugly duckling, who discovers her sensuality after an encounter with a nomadic French photographer. Later Saturday night, the Israeli comedy “A Matter of Size” presents four big guys who, while mastering the ancient sport of Sumo, learn to laugh and to love.
	Jewish Comedy continues on Sunday with Aviva Kempner’s “Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg” --the amazing story of Gertrude Berg, creator of American’s first sitcom “The Goldbergs”. The filmmaker pays a loving tribute, combining rare scenes from “The Goldbergs”, interviews with fans including Norman Lear, Susan Stamberg, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and movie clips featuring the Marx Brothers and Zero Mostel. Award-winning Kempner has created a star-studded social history of an American trailblazer. Lastly, laughs and love bounce along with “Max Minsky and Me". Nelly Sue Edelmeister, a supersmart, rail thin 12-year-old, desires to make the girls basketball team (so that she can travel to Luxembourg and meet her heart throb Prince Edouard) but her goal conflicts with her Bat Mitzvah preparations. This coming of age comedy will appeal to audiences of all ages.
	Our 2010 film festival takes place February 6th (Saturday evening) and February 7th (Sunday Afternoon) at the Historic Crest Theater.
	Contact: Sid Heberger Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street - light rail stop Free validated parking at 10th & L http://www.thecrest.com/ 916-442-5189
	Information: Margi Park-Landau 916-454-0368 (messages)