{"id":26999,"date":"2021-11-02T18:26:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000022989"},"modified":"2021-11-02T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:38:35","slug":"long-beach-jewish-film-festival-to-premiere-in-person-followed-by-free-live-streaming-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/arts-culture\/long-beach-jewish-film-festival-to-premiere-in-person-followed-by-free-live-streaming-this-week","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Jewish Film Festival to premiere in person, followed by free live streaming this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the best in Jewish films from around the world, local Jewish organizations will kick off a premiere in East Long Beach as part of the 18th annual Long Beach Jewish Film Festival on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The first film, which will be screened at 7 p.m. at the Alpert Jewish Community Center of Long Beach at 3801 East Willow Street, is \u201cMrs. G,\u201d a 2019 documentary about a Holocaust survivor who grew a fortune in the fashion industry. The survivor, Lea Gottlieb, grew a small factory in Israel in 1956 to design swimwear and beach outfits, which later became a swimwear giant, Gottex, a leading exporter in the U.S. valued at $60 million in 1991, according to a release about the event.<\/p>\n<p>The film screening will be followed by guest speaker Wendy Manasse, a fashion designer and philanthropist who is \u201cdeeply connected\u201d with the Cal State Long Beach and Long Beach College fashion departments, according to AJCC.<\/p>\n<p>While organizers encouraged patrons to buy tickets by Oct. 30, if capacity is still not met, you can still buy one. Tickets cost $18 per person or $15 for AJCC members for the in-person premiere.<\/p>\n<p>After the in-person premiere, the festival will repeatedly stream five movies for the next three weeks. Patrons may also purchase a film festival pass, which includes streaming of the five films, the premiere night, and a lounge. Proof of vaccination is required before entering.<\/p>\n<p>Individual films are available for $15 general\/$12 members. The genres include documentary, war\/drama, and two romantic comedies.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase tickets and see a complete list of films, click <a href=\"https:\/\/alpertjcc.org\/filmfestival\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first film, which will be screened at 7 p.m. at the Alpert Jewish Community Center of Long Beach at 3801 East Willow Street, is \u201cMrs. G,\u201d a 2019 documentary about a Holocaust survivor who grew a fortune in the fashion industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":71776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5322],"tags":[31943],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[25587],"class_list":["post-26999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","tag-film-festival","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26999"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=26999"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=26999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}