Documentary
Still from 'The Art of Weightlessness' courtesy of Moshe Mahler
September 6, 2024, 6:35 pm
Moshe Mahler’s ‘The Art of Weightlessness’ braces for upcoming award season
'I learned a long time ago that you want to work on stuff that you would want to see yourself'
By Adam Reinherz
Flower memorial outside the Tree of Life building after the shooting (Still from "Repairing the World: Stories from The Tree of Life")
October 2, 2023, 3:09 pm
Free screening of ‘Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life’ to be held Oct. 17
“Repairing the World” is the inspirational story of the citizens of Pittsburgh who were determined to turn the phrase “never again” into action.
By Toby Tabachnick
Bella Abzug shown in 1979. (Courtesy of Bernard Gotfryd, Library of Congress)
August 23, 2023, 9:56 am
Bella Abzug documentary aims to restore the Jewish congresswoman’s legacy
In just six years as a New York representative, she demanded the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam and fought discrimination against women, LGBTQ people and Black Americans.
By Shira Li Bartov
Still from 'Murray Avenue: A Community in Transition' courtesy of Pittsburgh Sound + Image
July 24, 2023, 11:38 am
Screening of ‘Murray Avenue’ documentary showcases old haunts, familiar faces
The irony of revisiting a place that alters, adapts and yet remains familiar, is that 'it’s like coming home'
By Adam Reinherz
Still from “Repairing the World: Stories from The Tree of Life”
March 16, 2023, 4:26 pm
Point Park hosts free screening of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting documentary
Screening is Monday, March 27, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
By Toby Tabachnick
October 14, 2022, 1:13 pm
Documentary about the attack at the Tree of Life building premieres on HBO
"‘A Tree of Life’ was made with the sacred memory of the victims and the lives of the survivors at the center of every production and artistic decision."
By David Rullo
Shaul Ladany walking at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp memorial in 2019. (Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images)
September 21, 2022, 5:40 pm
ESPN documentary focuses on Holocaust and Munich Olympics survivor Shaul Ladany
Ladany is a race walker who was one of the few Israeli athletes to get out of the Munich Olympic village alive as the attack turned into a nearly-24-hour hostage crisis.
By Jacob Gurvis
Eric Lidji, John Spurlock, Barbara Burstin and Lauren Bairnsfather recently spoke at a public screening of the new WQED documentary “The Letters: A Plea for Help.” Photo by Kim Rullo.
September 13, 2022, 12:02 pm
WQED documentary tells of Pittsburgh residents’ attempts to help strangers
Lawyer and his wife worked to assist Austrian couple trying to flee Nazi controlled Austria
By David Rullo
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August 26, 2022, 10:53 am
Holocaust story with Pittsburgh ties premieres Sept. 9 on WQED
The film tells the story of an Austrian Jewish family trying to find a family to support them in the States so that they could escape the Nazis.
By Toby Tabachnick
Adriano Ossicini, one of the doctors behind the Syndrome K ruse, with "Syndrome K" director Stephen Edwards, 2018. ("Syndrome K" Freestyle Digital Media)
August 13, 2022, 9:27 pm
To save Jews, these doctors invented a fake infectious disease
The prospect of catching the disease kept the Nazis away from the hospital. The Jews there hung on until the Allies liberated the city.
By Stephen Silver
Gabby Giffords giving a speech in an archival scene from "Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” (Image courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment)
July 19, 2022, 8:12 pm
Filmmakers spotlight Gabby Giffords’ remarkable return in new documentary
The new documentary portrays Giffords’ relentless journey in the face of the tragic assassination attempt that changed her life in an instant.
By Kathy Shayna Shocket
Clarion Quartet members pose in a still from 'By the Waters of Babylon.' Image courtesy of Kristen Lauth Shaeffer and Andrew Halasz
April 29, 2022, 7:04 pm
‘By the Waters of Babylon’ is 360-degree immersion into music of the Holocaust
Andrew Halasz and Kristen Lauth Shaeffer were dabbling in 360-degree immersive video. After hearing about the Clarion Quartet the filmmakers realized they found the perfect story for the technology.
By Adam Reinherz
Still from “Repairing the World: Stories from The Tree of Life”
April 26, 2022, 4:03 pm
‘Repairing the World’ is inspiring look at Pittsburgh synagogue shooting’s aftermath
Ultimately, “Repairing the World” is a film about the power of relationships — those formed after and as a result of the massacre, and those forged beforehand.
By Toby Tabachnick
Mel Brooks drinking coffee at the Automat in New York in the 1950s while a writer for "Your Show of Shows." (Carl Reiner/courtesy of Film Forum)
March 3, 2022, 12:56 pm
Mel Brooks sings an ode to the Automat in a new documentary
Restaurants promising “Less Work For Mother,” served food through small, coin-operated glass doors.
By Andrew Lapin
Chef Nof Atamna-Ismaeel is featured in the new documentary "Breaking Bread." Photos Courtesy of Cohen Media Group
February 8, 2022, 9:39 am
‘Breaking Bread’: A cholent of identity and culture
“In our neighborhood,” Jaffa-based chef Salah says, “we spoke Arabic. We laughed in Hebrew. We cursed in Romanian. We got upset in Moroccan. And it was all ‘sababa’ (OK).”
By David Rullo
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