Festival films focus on Black-Jewish alliance

A new program by the Miami Jewish Film Festival focuses on connections between the Black and Jewish communities.

For its 24th edition, MJFF is launching the inaugural Building Bridges/ Breaking Barriers program featuring six films that are available for all Florida residents to stream online for free from April 15-29.

Igor Shteyrenberg, the film festival’s executive director, said, “We believe that cinema has the ability to act as an agent for change, giving a voice to the voiceless, offering new perspectives and connecting people from around the globe, whether they’re Jewish or non-Jewish.”

“We hope that through our Building Bridges/Breaking Barriers program, we can all learn to do a better job at standing against all forms of racism, bigotry and xenophobia, and engage in the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, or repairing the world, and do so in the pursuit of social justice,” Shteyrenberg continued. Among the films include “

which makes its Florida premiere at the festival. The concert documentary tells the story of a performance at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL more than 50 years

MIAMI JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL The concert documentary“Dreams of Hope”is part of the Miami Jewish Film Festival’s inaugural Building Bridges/Breaking Barriers program.