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FILMS IN DISTRIBUTION
Martin Scorsese Presents
THE FALL OF OTRA, directed by Ardak Amirkulov from a script by Alexei
Guerman. Kazakhstan, 1990, 2 hours 30 min. " Ardak Amirkulov's 1990 historical epic about the intrigue and turmoil
preceding Genghis Khan's systematic destruction of the lost east Asian
civilization of Otrar is unlike anything you've ever seen." - Kent
Jones
DZIGA AND HIS BROTHERS, Dir. Evgeniy Tsymbal, Russia, 60m, 2002.
The story of any of the three Kaufman brothers is dramatic fare;
collectively, they are the stuff of cinematic legend. FORWARD calls the
film " a celebration of the tremendous energy and intellectual
excitement of the first generation of Soviet filmmakers and a tragedy of
their destruction." - Saul Austerlitz
OUTCRY (Za'aka ), by Destau Damtou. Israel, 26 min, 2003.
The story, taking place in the year 2010 in Israel, extrapolates from
present-day realities. Based on real events, the author recreates a
story of violent extremes, and throws light on the cultural limbo in
which Ethiopian immigrants find themselves in the backyard of today's
Israel.
SHABAT, Gulbakhor Mirzoeva, Tadjikistan, 1991, 30 min.
This touching, impressionistic film shows us the Jewish Diaspora in
Soviet Uzbekistan, a community that is very little documented on film.
Mirzoeva's camera moves through the streets of ancient Bukhara during a
Sabbath in which one family prepares to leave as others read from letters sent by loved ones abroad. Shabat offers a candid and nostalgic
view of provincial Jewish life before the fall of Communism.
