Program Description:Shttl (2022), directed by Ady Walter, 1 hr. 54 min., drama
On the eve of the 1941 Nazi invasion, a young aspiring filmmaker returns from Kyiv to his rural village on the border between Ukraine and Poland. He is expected to marry the rabbi’s daughter. Instead, he plans to run away with his true love who is engaged to another man, disrupting the balance of the whole town. In one unflinching shot, this film presents a day in the life of a Jewish village before it disappears.
This screening is a part of the Jewish Film Series at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
Where: North Carolina Museum of Art,East Building, SECU Auditorium, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607
