We Should Eat at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Long thought lost, Breaking Home Ties has been digitally restored and presented with a new contemporary recorded score from award winning artists. The world’s only surviving film print of the dramatic silent film from 1922 was rescued and restored by The National Center for Jewish Film.100 years later, it is back on the big screen with a new original recorded score produced by Reboot Studios and spearheaded by 12-time Grammy nominated musician Steve Berlin (Los Lobos). Together, Reboot and The National Center for Jewish Film are organizing a worldwide tour.

The mesmerizing new score for Breaking Home Ties was composed, performed and recorded by a group of musicians drawn from some of today’s legendary jazz, americana, avant garde, punk, R&B and indie rock bands, and produced by David Katznelson and Reboot Studios.Details, screening information and more here.

We’ve Been Here Before connects the dots between mass shootings, the rise in anti-semitism, and the rise in hate violence in America in a fresh way. It follows the work of Eric Ward, a renowned expert on the relationship between authoritarian movements, hate violence, and preserving inclusive democracy. Ward was in the punk rock subculture when neo-Nazi’s infiltrated the punk scene in the 1980’s and 90’s. The short documentary film, by Jacob Kornbluth and a part of Reboot Studios’ latest round of funding, is a deep dive into the punk subculture that fought back against White Nationalists and neo-Nazis, and the lessons they have to share with the larger struggle against hate not just in America, but the world. Learn more here. 

The short film will be screened at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival  as a part of the Reality Bites: Documentary Shorts program on Friday, August 2, 2024. Details and tickets can be found here.

In our latest blog post, filmmaker Sandi DuBowski shares his experience filming Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie over 21 years for his new feature documentary, Sabbath Queen, executive produced by Adrian Salpeter (all Reboot Network members). Supported with funding from Reboot Studios, the cinematic quest captures Amichai’s efforts to creatively and radically reinvent religion, ritual, and love for a challenging, rapidly changing 21st century. Amichai, the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis, rejected his traditional destiny and became a drag-queen rebel, a queer father, and the founder of an experimental congregation in New York. He is also Sandi’s dear friend – and rabbi. The film premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and will be presented at the 44th annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival in July. Read more here.