David Fine
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"Who am I?" is the question keeping Aggie Boyle up at night. On the surface, she's a seventh grader from a town near Salem where her family has lived for centuries. At school, she's an outcast because of her unconventional appearance, and has difficulties making new friends since her best friend disappeared three years prior. At home, her mother treats her with icy disregard for reasons Aggie doesn't understand, while all she has left of her father...
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“Passionate Centrism’ is an important discussion of Positive Historical Judaism and the benefit of holding the center of Judaism—that is, the Conservative Movement. This book is an important resource for clergy and other congregational leaders and is an excellent product for lecture series.
3) Salaam Dunk
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Basketball is much more than a game in Fine’s stirring documentary about an Iraqi women’s basketball team at the American University of Iraq – Sulaimani (AUIS) in Kurdistan. For the young women on the team, most of whom have never touched a basketball or been allowed to play any sport, it is a blissful release from the realities of a war-torn nation. They come from all ethnicities and sects – Arab, Kurd, Christian, Sunni, Shiite – but the...
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Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11. Official Selection at the **Seattle International Film Festival**. *"David Heinz's excellent debut is an ardent plea for togetherness in a divided world. Aided by his leading actors, talented cinematographer, and ear-worm of a soundtrack, Joni and Elliott's journey is a privilege to share." - Chloe Walker, **Film Inquiry***
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A thirteen year old boy is forced to live with his estranged brother after their father is sent to prison. Their relationship is soon tested when the older brother's occupation as a marijuana dealer infringes on his ability not only to raise his brother, but to even take care of himself. However,through constant tribulation, they discover the only way to get through the difficulties of life, is to work together and try to beat the odds.