Jews in Eastern Bloc public online film series and expert panel discussions

Curator / Q&A leader / panellist, public online 4-film series Jews in Eastern Bloc Film with public panel discussions, funded with £1818 through the Faculty Research Recovery Fund, Manchester University. The events had a total of approx. 1,000 participants from the UK, US, Germany and Israel for the live panel discussions, as well as approximately 900 views to date of the stored panel recordings on the CJS YouTube Channel: 1) The Black Book (France 2019), d. Pierre Guillaume, in collaboration with UK Jewish Film Festival and Rothschild Jewish Studies Partnership, https://vimeo.com/647228811; 2) Free online streaming of Jacob the Liar (GDR 1974), d. Frank Beyer, University of Manchester Holocaust Memorial Day event in collaboration with Manchester Reform Synagogue, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FXt8E3AL7k; accompanied by a community Holocaust Memorial Day workshop that I lead for Manchester Reform Synagogue’s Adult Education programme on 9 February 2022; 3) Free online streaming of Commissar (USSR 1967), d. Aleksandr Askoldov, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_2nLsyS8yk; 4) Free online streaming of The Brasch Family (Germany 2018), d. Annekathrin Hendel with recorded live panel discussion and Q&A, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq_k_VwJsF