Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006
7 p.m.
Channel 14
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Ushpizin (The Guests) from Israel
As
the festive holiday of Succoth approaches, big hearted Moshe
Bellanga, a devoutly religious man and a member of the Breslau
Chasidim, finds himself broke--a self described "lump of
sadness." Moshe doesn't have the money to scrape together a
Succah, a temporary dwelling religious Jews stay in during the
festival to commemorate the time of Exodus; nor does he have the
means to purchase the four plant species, upon which devout Jews
are commanded to make blessings during the holiday. The most
important species, the citron, is considered a blessing for
having male children. To further his struggles, Moshe has been
married to his wife, Malli, for five years and they are still
childless. With financial struggles abound and mounting sadness
that their immediate family is not expanding, they pray for
help, and end up receiving an anonymous gift of $1,000 from a
local charity organization--they take it as a holiday miracle.
Moshe quickly uses the money to purchase a citron believed to be
the most perfect in all of Jerusalem, as well as decorate a
seemingly abandoned Succah. However, instead of this money
simply being a "miracle," it ultimately leads to the arrival of
two suspect strangers, with criminal pasts, appearing on their
doorstep.
from http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808670681/details
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Sunday, October 22, 2006
7 p.m.
Channel 14
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Osama
Inspired by a true story, a tale which
centers on three generations of women, deeply affected by the
advent of the Taliban's rule in their land. Golbahari, a
12-year-old Afghan girl, and her mother lose their jobs when
this new regime closes the hospital where they work. As the
Taliban has already begun to take over Afghanistan, the
country's women find themselves forbidden to leave their houses
without a 'legal companion'--specifically, a boy or a man. With
both her husband and brother dead, there is no one left to
support the family--and without being able to leave the house,
this mother is left with nowhere to turn. Feeling that she has
no other choice, the mother--along with the
grandmother--disguises her daughter, Golbahari, as a boy. Now
called Osama, the girl embarks on a terrifying and confusing
journey as she tries to keep the Taliban from finding out her
true identity.
description from http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808489790/details
For more, see
http://www.osamamovie.com |
