Events for the Week of: 15-21 February 2021

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

Sexual Barter in Times of Genocide: Reflections on Sexual Violence, Agency, and Sex Work with Anna Hájková.

What is everyday life, and how is it experienced under extreme stress? This is the broader question that animates the research of Anna Hájková, an associate professor of Modern Continental European History at the University of Warwick. In her talk, Hájková¡ examines sex work, sexual violence, and coercion of Jewish women and men in concentration camps, ghettos, and in hiding. She is the author of many journal articles and books, including her current project, "Boundaries of the Narratable: Transgressive Sexuality and the Holocaust." This pioneering study seeks to contribute to our understanding of gender and sexual violence during the Holocaust and explores the erasure of narratives of gays and lesbians who were deported as Jews and who subsequently vanished from the historical record.

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: https://ucsd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aMZOQqIPR8OkAJAxGagfRw

Wednesday, February 17 - 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM


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Foreign Language Film Night Series will screen the following films for the general public in The Languages of SoCal mini-series. Each film will be followed by a discussion with a San Diego university/college faculty and a neighbor about cultural aspects of the film and their immigrant experiences. The discussion will last about 30 minutes and include a Q&A open to all participants.

Admission/Cost: FREE
All the films via Zoom from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Email creative director, Stacy Nyikos (), for the viewing links.

Films, dates and discussants:

Wednesday, February 17 -
Mosul - After his life is saved by a rogue Iraqi squadron, a young police officer joins them in their fight against ISIS in a decimated Mosul.
Shak Hanish, professor of political science at National University, and Ghadah Al Saadi, instructor of Iraqi/MSA at SDSU-LARC (who was born in Mosul).

Wednesday, March 3 -
1982 - During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, an 11-year-old boy tries to tell a classmate about his crush on her while their teachers try to hide their fear of the conflict.
Iman Bakour-Aziz, Levantine, MSA instructor at SDSU-LARC, and Maha Gebara-Lamb, biostatistician and instructor at MiraCosta College and member of AMEMSA+ (Arab, Middle Eastern, Moslem, South Asian, plus group).

Wednesday, March 24 -
Miriam Miente (Mirium Lies) - Miriam doesn't know how to explain to her family that the boyfriend she met online is black.
Cristian Aquino-Sterling, associate dean of diversity and international affairs SDSU College of Education, and Patricia McGregor, theater director, playwright and performer in San Diego, currently working on a piece at UCSD.

Wednesday, April 7 -
Love is War - In this Nigerian comedy, sparks fly as a husband and wife both win the nominations as the candidates of the two major parties in an upcoming gubernatorial election. Will their marriage survive this unprecedented event?
Niyi Coker, director of the School of Theater, Television, and Film at SDSU, and Ihuoma Nwaogwugwu, competency engineer for 3D printing at HP, and lead actor Richard Mofe-Damijo.

April 28 -
Innocence Based on a real-life story, this South Korean film focuses on Ahn Jung-in (Shin Hye-sun), a lawyer who decides to defend her mother after she is wrongly accused of killing someone at her husband's funeral.
Insook Kang, Korean instructor at SDSU, and Jimi Kim, South Korean film expert and lecturer.


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Presentation on the contributions of Black scientists by Dr. Runoko Rashidi -Part 1 of 2 Black scientists have launched us into space, discovered new disease treatments and developed world-changing technologies, yet the achievements and contributions of Black people in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields are too-often forgotten or unrecognized as a result of systemic racism.

Admission/Cost: (not listed)

Location:
Online streaming event
Visit the Worldbeat Center website for viewing instructions.

Dates and times:
Wednesday, February 17 - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 20 - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for member, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

A night of musical and visual art performances to unite us all in order to raise money to support the San Diego Black LGBT Coalition.

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: Register

Thursday, February 18 - 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM


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Black artists face unique challenges in their careers on a daily basis. Every other Thursday, join San Diego REP’s Development and Artistic Associate and local radio personality Ahmed Dents and La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Programs Manager & Local Casting Director, Jacole Kitchen, as they have conversations with influential Black artists about what they have faced and how the future must change. This week they are joined by Dajahn Blevins to talk Black theater and preview the 2021 San Diego Kuumba Festival.

About our guest...

Dajahn Blevins is the San Diego Arts & Culture Commissioner, CEO of Urban Warriors, and founder of the San Diego Kuumba Festival.

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: Register

Thursday, February 18 - 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM


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San Diego Archaeological Center: The ancient Maya are perhaps best known for their jungle-covered cities with large plazas and grand temples standing taller than the forests encasing them. These built places are often depicted as the settings of elaborate state rituals where elites would perform their ceremonial duties in front of the masses. Yet important rituals were not performed only in cities. Archaeological research over the last few decades has come to reveal that caves and cave-like spaces were among the most potent and important places for ritual performances by the ancient Maya. They were the places where the ancestors originally emerged from and where they returned to after their passing. They were also portals to where powerful Earth forces, particularly the rain deity, could be ritually accessed and negotiated with. In this talk, Dr. Jon Spenard will discuss his ongoing cave ritual research in Belize with a particular focus on understanding the relationship between cave rituals and the ancient Maya collapse. This event will be held on Zoom and is limited to 100 attendees.

Admission/Cost: FREE (Pay what you wish)

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: Please Register to view talk.

Thursday, February 18 - 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM


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The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

Join us for a fun and easy arts & crafts project to celebrate the Lunar New Year! The San Diego Chinese New Year Fair presented by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association San Diego is often held on Lantern Festival Day: the 15th Day of the Lunar New Year. We will be making our own lanterns with just a sheet of paper, scissors, and tape so you can follow along! The San Diego Chinese New Year Fair will also be hosting a two-day virtual event on Facebook Live on Saturday, February 20, and Sunday, February 21 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm PST! Learn more at www.sdcny.org. See Less

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: Register

Friday, February 19 - 12:00 PM


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The WorldBeat Cultural Center will present 3 online screenings in honor of Black History Month.

• American Skin: A war veteran seeks justice when police kill his unarmed son during a routine traffic stop.

• Marshall: Starring Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, and focuses on one of the first cases of his career, the State of Connecticut v. Joseph Spell.

• The Tuskegee Airmen: A 1995 HBO television movie based on the exploits of an actual groundbreaking unit, the first African-American combat pilots in the United States Army Air Corps, that fought in World War II.

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: https://events.worldbeatcenter.org/event/the-tuskegee-airmen-screening/

Film dates:
Friday, February 12 - 7:00 PM (American Skin)
Friday, February 19 - 7:00 PM (Marshall)
Friday, February 26 - 7:00 PM (Tuskekee Airman)


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The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

Presentation on the contributions of Black scientists by Dr. Runoko Rashidi -Part 1 of 2 Black scientists have launched us into space, discovered new disease treatments and developed world-changing technologies, yet the achievements and contributions of Black people in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields are too-often forgotten or unrecognized as a result of systemic racism.

Admission/Cost: (not listed)

Location:
Online streaming event
Visit the Worldbeat Center website for viewing instructions.

Dates and times:
Wednesday, February 17 - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 20 - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM


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The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

This documentary recounts the stories of Jewish people who were able to escape Nazi-controlled Vienna in the mid-20th century and find refuge in Shanghai, thanks to a diplomat. Commentary will be provided by producers René Balcer & Carolyn Hsu-Balcer.

Presented by the Jewish Studies Department, SDSU

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: https://sdsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpf-GpqzMuGN3HqubMn-ONa6Qw3rJyDdFw

Sunday, February 21 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM


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Happy Year of the Ox! Celebrate the Lunar New Year with us!
Presented by Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association - San Diego, the San Diego Chinese New Year Fair is a two-day event celebrating the Lunar New Year, showcasing exciting performances, Asian art and culture, and much more.
For 2021, we are going virtual, and the event will be broadcast on Facebook live on Saturday, February 20, and Sunday, February 21 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm PST!

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/244440360474409

Dates and times:
Saturday, February 20 - 12:00 PM
Sunday, February 21 - 1:00 PM


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