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Steven Spielberg. The name is impossible to avoid whether you’re an avid cinephile or just a casual movie fan.

He has had a bigger impact on movie culture and the practice of filmmaking than any single person in the history of the medium and yet his journey to maturity can be seen as a reckoning with his own uniquely Jewish identity.

Is he an artist or merely a prodigious entertainer? Watch and discuss key scenes from the master director’s diverse filmography, gain a
deeper understanding of the filmmaking process and glean useful insights about how to tell more compelling stories in virtually every genre
by looking at his singular approach to lighting, composition, camera movement, editing and directing actors in four key works that illustrate his evolution from wunderkind showman and inventor of the modern blockbuster to popular artist, now willing to examine his own experiences more nakedly.

Join Cantor Neil Michaels and visiting filmmaker, Joe Frankel, to watch and discuss the work of Steven Spielberg.

While not required, it is highly encouraged to watch the films before the program. Please see below suggested options on where to watch.
(Note, the films are not limited to these viewing platforms.)

January 13: Close Encounters of the Third Kind *THIS SESSION HAS BEEN MOVED TO ZOOM*

• Hulu (with premium subscription)
• Amazon Prime Video (with premium subscription)
• YouTube for rent, $3.99
• AppleTV for rent, $3.99

January 20: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark *THIS SESSION HAS BEEN MOVED TO ZOOM*

• Paramount (with subscription)
• Amazon Prime Video (with premium subscription)
• YouTube for rent, $2.99
• AppleTV for rent, $3.99

January 27: Empire of the Sun *THIS SESSION HAS BEEN MOVED TO ZOOM*

• YouTube for rent, $2.99
• Amazon Prime Video for rent, $1.98
• HBOMax (with subscription)

January 31: Schindler’s List *THIS SESSION HAS BEEN MOVED TO ZOOM*

• Hulu (with premium subscription)
• Amazon Prime Video (with premium subscription)
• Showtime
• AppleTV for rent, $3.99