With Slight Steps
97-year-old Tirza Hodes, the high-priestess of Israeli folk dancing, has been jetting between Israel and her home in Germany, where she continues to teach Israeli folk dancing, for years. A phone call to her grandson Guy, as she returns from Germany, sets them on a journey following the loss of her "Israeli Dream."
Director: Guy Hodes
Runtime: 29 minutes
Languages: Hebrew
Ismail's Dilemma
In Nazi occupied Albania, Ismail, a poor peasant, is torn between upholding Besa, the national code of honor and protecting his family or saving the two Jewish men he has been hiding for a year, as the Nazis arrive in his village.
Director: Dhimiter Ismailaj-Valona
Runtime: 29 minutes
Languages: German, Albanian
Unraveling
Delve into memory, history, and contemporary life in Columbus, New Mexico-famed for being raided by Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution-as the filmmaker explores a rumor that Villa invaded the town seeking revenge on her grandfather.
Directors: Jeff Swimmer, Stacey Ravel Abarbanel
Runtime: 38 minutes
Languages: English
