Rudolph Caplan was staying overnight in an infirmary on the night after Kristallnacht in November 1938 when Nazis raided his school and shipped all the
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 Goldwyn gets ‘Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band’Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has acquired North American rights to Tod Lending’s feature documentary Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band (aka Saul & Ruby, To Life!).  Home Alone local cast headlines holiday program at Symphony CenterHome Alone in Concert this Thanksgiving weekend starts off the robust schedule of holiday programming for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) at Symphony Center. Conductor Richard Kaufman leads the Chicago  Production has begun on Rhyan LaMarr’s North of the 10Rhyan LaMarr and Red Guerrilla Entertainment have facilitated the production of North of the 10, an international “bromantic comedy” starring Don Benjamin, Tosin Morohunfola, DeStorm Power, Mykelti Williamson, George Lopez  The Music Box Theatre has plans for a big weekendWhether you venture out on Open Chicago weekend or plan to stay in, Music Box has an awesome lineup of entertainment. From the creator of HAMILTON and the director of  Full Spectrum receives NBCUniversal Foundation grantChicago’s Full Spectrum Features has received a generous award from the NBCUniversal Foundation to support their Chicago Independent Producers Lab, a partnership with the Chicago Film Office. The Chicago Independent  The Tattooed Torah produced & animated by 11 Dollar BillThe Tattooed Torah, brilliantly animated and produced by 11 Dollar Bill, is based on the children’s book by Marvell Ginsburg. Like the book, the film is meant to educate children  REEL WOMEN: Alison Hammer, FCB VP Creative DirectorEditor’s Note: They are leaders. They are inspirational. They are mentors. They are visionaries. They are, quite frankly, badasses. They are our 2021 REEL WOMEN. During Women’s History Month, you will  From holiday classics to one-of-a-kind concertsThis holiday season, WTTW, Chicago’s PBS station, and WFMT, Chicago’s classical radio station, will present a variety of special content throughout the holiday season. From holiday classics to one-of-a-kind concerts featuring some  REEL WOMEN: Valerie Bulinski, Locations ManagerEditor’s Note: They are leaders. They are inspirational. They are mentors. They are visionaries. They are, quite frankly, badasses. They are our 2020 Reel Women During Women’s History Month, you  REEL WOMEN: Colette Gabriel, GM of Keslow CameraEditor’s Note: They are leaders. They are inspirational. They are mentors. They are visionaries. They are, quite frankly, badasses. They are our 2020 Reel Women During Women’s History Month, you  Behind the scenes with Zack SchorFormer Chicagoan talks about his upcoming role on Amazon’s ‘Hunters,’ starring Al Pacino Actor Zack Schor lost 35 pounds, learned to speak Polish, and worked in a “sobering” recreation of  Interview with ‘The Tale’ writer/director Jennifer FoxDocumentary Filmmaker talks to Reel Chicago before her twice Emmy-nominated film The Tale plays tomorrow at Gene Siskel Film Center This Saturday, acclaimed writer/director Jennifer Fox’s haunting and fascinating 2018  Greer and Panitch’s “Service to Man” available on StarzCo-directed by a Loyola U professor and post-produced in Chicago, the film is inspired by the true story of a white Jewish student in a HBCU medical college Service to  “Tigers Are Not Afraid” wins Latino audience choiceStephen King calls the Del Toro-approved fairy tale directed by Issa López, “one terrific film, both tough and touching.” ”My name is Pedro” and “Cease Game” win for best documentary  CFA one of 15 MacArthur recipients for $50,000 grantChicago Film Archives was one of 15 Chicago arts and culture organizations to receive a $50,000 MacArthur Foundation International Connections Fund in December for diverse artistic  Doc shocks about FDR’s indifference to Jews’ plightPerhaps one of the most important documentaries about the Holocaust, about an unknown Washington diplomat who fought to awaken America to Hitler’s plan to annihilate the  Vitamin-made short screens at Blue Whiskey fest 7/27VITAMIN’S DANNY DELPURGATORIO, creative director/director of Filmworkers Club’s motion graphics division, directed a short with a Vitamin crew of 15 that showcases July 27 at the July 24-29 <span CIFF Summer Gala tribute to Tarantino Aug. 18Director Quentin Tarantino will receive a special tribute at the Chicago International Film Festival’s 2009 Summer Gala Aug. 18, along with the Chicago premiere screening of Tarentino’s wildly awaited “Inglourious                 |