Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival

The Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival returns this year, bringing a series of acclaimed films to the Manship Theatre related to Jewish culture and history. On the bill are:

January 15: Yaniv!—A comedy-drama about a Bronx high school teacher who plays Yaniv, an Israeli card game, to raise $10,000 for a school theater production. 7 pm. $14.50. 

January 16: The Blond Boy from the Casbah—A film in which a passionate filmmaker travels to Algiers, his birthplace, with his son to relive his childhood during the country's pre-independence period. 7 pm. $14.50. 

January 18: Kidnapped—A film about the true story of Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish boy who was secretly baptized and then taken from his family to be raised as a Catholic in mid-1800s Italy. 7:30 pm. $14.50. 

January 19: Gentlemen’s Agreement—Starring Gregory Peck as a journalist pretending to be Jewish to investigate anti-semitism in New York, the film won three Academy Awards in 1947 and was acclaimed for an unflinching portrayal of prejudice in post-war America. 3 pm. $14.50. 

Visit brjff.com to view clips from the films and read additional details. manshiptheatre.org.