WERS, 98.9. Arts About Boston segment from Penny Schwartz on CHASING PORTRAITS screening at the Boston Jewish Film Festival (11.18.2018)
November Festival Screenings
October 9, 2018 by
November CHASING PORTRAITS documentary film screening events:
[Note: Elizabeth will be in attendance at all of these events, EXCEPT not at the St. Louis screening.]
Nov. 5
7pm. Southern Circuit. East Tennessee State University.
Nov. 6
7pm. Southern Circuit. Clayton Center for the Arts.
Nov. 7
7:30pm. Southern Circuit. Oxford College of Emory University.
Nov. 8
7pm. Southern Circuit. Presbyterian College.
Nov. 9
7:15pm. St. Louis International Film Festival.
Nov. 11
7pm. Southern Circuit. Athens Cultural Affairs Commission.
Nov. 12
7:30pm. Southern Circuit. Georgia Southern University.
Nov. 18
2:30pm. Boston Jewish Film Festival screens at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Nov. 27
7pm. In conjunction with Jewish Book Month, OJMCHE presents Chasing Portraits at Portland Art Museum’s Whitsell Auditorium. Portland (OR)
YES, there will be more events!
Stay tuned for more announcements!
Book Signing
I can’t always sell books at screenings, but if you bring a copy of the book with you, I am definitely happy to sign it!
Order CHASING PORTRAITS from an Independent Bookseller, Penguin Random House, or Amazon
DocUtah!
September 9, 2018 by
I’m just back from DocUtah where I went to share the CHASING PORTRAITS story. DocUtah is in St. George, a town in the southwest corner of Utah. I flew into Las Vegas and then drove two hours up into Utah. There’s not a whole lot between Vegas and St. George but the landscape, which is really very stunning. I attended three events for my book and documentary film while I was in town. There was a book signing hosted by the not-yet-opened bookstore, The Book Bungalow, which was generously hosted by the just opened coffee shop, Affogato Love, and two screenings of the documentary… one at the newly renovated Electric Theater in old town St. George and the other at a movie theater four-plex at the Red Cliffs Mall. I saw three films (other than my own!) while I was at the festival: Serenade for Fanny (a lovely German film about a Grandmother and her Granddaughter), Call Us Ishmael (a story about those who are obsessed with Herman Melville’s Moby Dick), and Bird of Prey (about the Philippine Eagle). It’s so interesting to meet other filmmakers, hear about their own filmmaking journeys, and to see their completed films. So many great stories told with such love.
A few photos from the journey!
CHASING PORTRAITS San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Ticket Giveaway
June 28, 2018 by
I’m doing a BIG CHASING PORTRAITS GIVEAWAY!
PRIZE PACKAGE:
a pair of tickets (that’s one ticket for you and one for that special someone) to see the CHASING PORTRAITS documentary at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
at either CineArts in Palo Alto on 7/25 at 3:10pm OR Albany Twin at 8/1 at 1pm
PLUS
a signed copy of the book
the audio book
a set of Moshe Rynecki notecards
Moshe Rynecki bookplate
Moshe Rynecki postcards
Moshe Rynecki bookmarks
Enter to win by completing this on-line form
Winner to be selected on July 20
The giveaway does NOT include any travel or accommodation expenses.
POST SCRIPT NOTE: Winners were notified by email on 7/20/2018. Thank you to all who entered the giveaway! Tickets can be purchased from the SF Jewish Film Festival.
Film Festival Screening News
April 10, 2018 by
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Film Festivals
March 29, 2018 by
We’re in the process of submitting CHASING PORTRAITS to film festivals across the United States (and internationally too!). Please stay tuned for official festival screenings!
In the meantime, I thought you might enjoy seeing these two film stills:
Paris Writers News
October 20, 2016 by
Read the interview I did with Laurel Zuckerman on her Paris Writers News blog about Chasing Portraits in which I answer questions like: “Can you talk about the challenges of interviewing your own family – in particular your father – for information?” and “You’ve done an outstanding job articulating not just the beauty and power of your great-grandfather’s art, but also the emotional toll of searching for it. The grief, the obsessive desire to learn more, the doubt. Yet Chasing Portraits feels very even handed and fair. Was the original text like this or did you have to go through many drafts to attain this result?”
A Grant Challenge!
September 20, 2016 by
The Chasing Portraits documentary film is in post-production editing (and we are awfully close to a first generation rough cut!!). To complete the film we need additional funding for an original score, color correction, graphics, and sound mixing, all so that watching it on the big screen is a rewarding experience! An incredibly generous and anonymous donor recently pledged to match funds up to $25,000. We’ve secured $10,000 $15,000 $15,250 $17,250 $17,995 in pledges and now need to raise an additional $7,005 [updated four times, most recently 10/18/2016]. Can you help us out? All amounts help!
You can donate online [via PayPal, by check, or by phone].
