Upcoming
June 5, 2025
to June 15, 2025
The 33rd Edition of the Toronto Jewish Film Festival is coming June 5th to 15th!
A tribute to the late groundbreaking television journalist, producer and documentarian Patrick Watson, with an online screening of three Jewish-themed episodes of his much-lauded series Witness to Yesterday.
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A Free Special Event Offered Across Canada
Available to view Sunday, September 11 – Sunday, September 18
As a tribute to the late groundbreaking television journalist, producer and documentarian Patrick Watson, the Toronto Jewish Film Foundation presents an online screening of three Jewish-themed episodes of his much-lauded Global Television series Witness to Yesterday, produced in 1974 and revived in the nineties for History Television. The selected episodes has Watson interviewing Jewish historical figures in lively two-person dramas: Marilyn Lightstone as anarchist Emma Goldman, George Gershwin as played by Steve Allen, and Al Waxman as Morris ‘Two Gun’ Cohen.
These episodes will be followed by a pre-recorded zoom panel discussing the life, work and legacy of Patrick Watson,
featuring actress Marilyn Lightstone; Former Vice President and General Manager of CBC Television and Radio, Peter Herrndorf; Entertainment lawyer and producer Michael Levine. Discussion moderated by CTV’s Evan Solomon.
Bonus content: A Witness to Yesterday episode featuring Richard Dreyfuss as Billy the Kid (made while he was filming Duddy Kravitz in Montreal) and Patrick Watson on City-TV’s The Originals.
Presented by:
A Kultura Collective Member
In Partnership with:
RetroOntario
Start Date: September 11, 2022
Closing Date: September 18, 2022
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