Festival screenings
Here’s the lineup for the 17th annual
Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival:
■ “Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me” (7 p.m. Saturday, Century Suncoast)
■ “One Night in Anzeria” and “BenGurion: Epilogue” (1 p.m. Sunday, Adelson Educational Campus) — “One Night in Anzeria” focuses on moderator Nir Caspi’s participation in one of the Israeli Navy’s deadliest operations, while “BenGurion: Epilogue” is compiled from a lost six-hour interview with Israel’s first prime minister.
■ “Look About You” (7 p.m. Jan. 18, Brenden Theatres at the Palms) — A family squeezes into an RV to explore the many aspects of modern Israeli society.
■ “A Place of Hope” and “Pista” (3 p.m. Jan. 21, Adelson Educational Campus)
■ “1945” (7 p.m. Jan. 25, Brenden Theatres) — The drama looks at survivors who returned home to find their property had been taken and their neighbors weren’t inclined to give it back. ■ “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” (7 p.m. Jan. 27, Adelson Educational Campus)
■ “Wanderlust: Lesley Hazleton” and “Heather Booth: Changing The World” (1 p.m. Jan. 28, Eclipse Theaters) — “Wanderlust” looks at the BritishAmerican author who was based in Jerusalem from 1966 to 1979, and “Heather Booth” chronicles her years as an activist for civil rights, women’s rights and other progressive causes.