Jewish History Month 2019

Various Venues

Big Screen, Little Screen

Jews in British Cinema and Television

The theme of this year’s Jewish History Month is Big Screen Little Screen, Jews in British Cinema and Television. We have organised an ambitious programme, consisting of a wide range of events; taster sessions, screenings, a walk, tours, discussions, illustrated talks and lectures – in a range of venues; iconic cinemas, community buildings, synagogues, film studios, museums – and in locations across the country; London, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Southampton, Bristol, Sussex, Essex and Hertfordshire. We are delighted that so many top-class historians and well-known personalities have agreed to participate.

For further details see Jewish Histories.

The following are the events most relevant to the theme of the Insiders/Outsiders Festival:

Seeing Daylight: documentary film screening about Dorothy Bohm

The Contribution of Jewish refugees to the production of official film

Immigrant Jews in the British Film Industry from the 1930s Until the 1980s