Chasing the Grail

1992

Director, Writer, Editor, Camera 

22 minutes, Color and B&W, 16mm

The filmmaker’s reconstruct aspects of his childhood in rural Bakersfield, California, where he was the son of a Rabbi in a virtually non-existent Jewish community. The film moves into an introspective, yet ambiguous search to define his relationship, as an American Jew, with the State of Israel. 

Awards

Dorey Schary Award (Anti-Defamation League) finalist; Honorable Mention

Screenings

Cork International Film Festival

Atlanta Film Festival 

Ann Arbor Film Festival 

San Francisco Jewish Festival 

WYBE Philadelphia Public Television’s “Through the Lens” series 

Stanford University National Jewish Film Symposium 

Film Arts Festival 

Fresno Jewish Film Festival 

Utah Film Front

Baltimore Film Forum