On March 1st, 2013, we celebrate 72 years since the foundation of the Barasheum Theatre in Bucharest.
On this occasion, the Gallery of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv will host the photographic exhibition "Barasheum - A Jewish Theater in the Shadow of War", which comprises original photographs from the personal archives of important figures of the Theatre. The exhibition curator is Mr. Costel Safirman, film historian and veteran Jerusalem Cinematheque staff-member. The original photographs had been digitally processed by Mr. Perry Mendelboim.
The exhibition is open in the period March 11-28, 2013, Monday to Friday, from 10:00 till 15:00.
Along with the exhibition at RCI Tel Aviv, the documentary film "And They Went Away Like the Wind…", directed by Radu Gabrea and Costel Safirman (Romania, 2010), will be screened at the Jerusalem Cinematheque on March 18th and at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque on March 22nd. Part of the interviews from the documentary was filmed at the library of the RCI Tel Aviv. The film will be screened with English and Hebrew subtitles.
"And They Went Away Like the Wind…". Romania, WWII. Against all odds, a group of Jewish actors, composers, and musicians – expelled from the Romanian theaters by racial laws – creates an extraordinary theater called Barasheum. Operating between 1941 and 1944, the theater was a bastion of cultural resistance and hope. Renowned Romanian filmmaker Radu Gabrea, along with film historian and veteran JFC staff-member, Costel Safirman, take us on a nostalgic and uplifting documentary journey.
Screenings and tickets:
• March 18th, 2013, 18:00, Jerusalem Cinematheque (Hall 2)http://www.jer-cin.org.il/webSite/modules/films/film.aspx?showid=11341
phone: 02.565.43.56, e-mail: kupa@jff.org.il
• March 22nd, 2013, 14:30, Tel Aviv Cinematheque (Hall 5)
http://www.cinema.co.il/movies/movie.aspx?movieId=9161
phone: 03-60.60.800
