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World PremiereEYES WIDE OPEN TO HAVE WORLD PREMIERE JANUARY 29TH IN NEW YORK CITY GROUND-BREAKING DOCUMENTARY FILM EXPLORES COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP OF AMERICAN JEWS TO ISRAEL FROM GRASS ROOTS PERSPECTIVE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Shira Dicker
New York, NY (December 6, 2007) - Eyes Wide Open comes to The JCC in Manhattan on January 29th for its World Premiere. A timely new film exploring the complex relationship between American Jews and Israel will create a provocative forum for discussion, inspiring a new level of conversation. The Israel Premiere will be held on February 28th at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Thereafter, the film will be shown at film festivals and venues around the world. 
Eyes Wide Open is a personal film that vividly conveys the nuances, complexities and ironies of the human connection between American Jews and Israel. Capturing the intimate encounter between travelers and Israel, it is primarily a film about people...their candid, spontaneous reactions and thoughts. Directed by veteran filmmaker Paula Weiman-Kelman, written by award-winning journalist Stuart Schoffman and produced by Jonathan Lopatin, it reflects a broad range of opinions and emotions within the American Jewish community. Provocative and frank, the film follows a variety of American Jewish tourists as they travel in Israel. Included in the film are interviews with a range of American Jews. Traditional, Haredi and secular, male and female, young and old, right and left-wing, supportive and critical of Israeli policy, the interviews illuminate the very diversity of opinions and feelings that American Jews have towards Israel. What emerges is the recognition that, in the words of one of the film's main characters: "you can love Israel profoundly, while at the same time knowing what the difficulties and the realities are". Eyes Wide Open is an important cultural - and sociological - contribution. Quite literally, it turns the lens on a group that has been under-documented - American Jews when their lives are focused on Israel�with surprising results. A press kit and screener DVD of the film is available upon request and interviews with any member of the production team can be arranged by calling Shira Dicker at 212.663.4643 or 917.403.3989, or sending an e-mail to shira.dicker@sd-media.com. The World Premiere of Eyes Wide Open will be held at 7:30 p.m. on January 29, 2008 at The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street. A press screening will also be held on date. Please visit the website for information about further screenings. | |||
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