Photo Exhibition & Sheba Fundraiser Thursday May 6th 2010 , 7:00 PM Pomegranate Gallery 133 Greene Street New York, NY 10012-3207 Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 - 7:00pm 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128 Children of the Bible (Documentary) Director: Nitza Gonen. Israel 2009, 53 mins. Hebrew and Amharic w/English subtitles. The rapper and informal educator, Jeremy "Cool" Habash, exposes us to the complex situations facing Ethiopian-Israeli youth. Jeremy works towards changing the humiliated and depressed image of the Ethiopian community in Israel, both in its own eyes and in the eyes of Israeli society, by bringing members of the Ethiopian community closer to their tradition - the songs, the meaning of the Ethiopian names, stories about the lives of the Ethiopian community and about the journey that has taken on mythical proportions Followed by a discussion and reception. Tickets: $24.00 Tuesday, May 4th,2010 - 7:30pm JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY I had a Dream- The Story of Yona Bogale, Leader of Ethiopian Jewry (Documentary) Director/Producer: Teztee Germay and Micha Shagrir Sheba Film Festival 2010 NYC Premiere!! Through rare archival materials and testimonies, the extraordinary story of Yona Bogale, the leader of Ethiopian Jewry, is brought to light. Through his stories we see the complexity of the Ethiopian absorption into Israel. Tickets: $18.00 w/ Receiption Tickets: $10.00 Film Only Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 - 7:30pm JCC Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Ave, New York City 9 Years Later (Documentary) Director: Yifat Kedar, Sari Ezouz. Israel, 2009. 70 mins. Hebrew & Moroccan w/English subtitles Danielle, a Jewish woman who grew up as a Muslim in Morocco, now lives in Israel and is in a struggle for the right to bring up her son. Nine years after she was forced to leave him, she returns to Morocco to fight for custody. She sets off, apprehensive about the meeting with her Muslim family, and the difficulties she expects to face due to local law. To her surprise, she finds that the real difficulties come from the society in which she lives, the Jewish one. Tickets: $10.00 Thursday May 13th, 2010 - 7:00pm The Schomburg Center - New York Public Library in Harlem 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York City Migration of Beauty (Documentary) Director: Chris Flaherty, 2009, 80min, English, USA The DC area is home to one of the largest populations of Ethiopians outside of Africa. Many came to escape political oppression and human rights violations. Now as U.S. citizens, they exercise Constitutional rights mobilizing and organizing their community members for taxicab workers' rights, DC Voting Rights, Voting Rights in Ethiopia and Humane Immigration Reform. From Ethiopia to the United States, Ethiopians stand up for freedom and democracy. Tickets: $12.00 Sunday, May 16th, 2010 - 2:00pm The Faison Firehouse Theatre 6 Hancock Place, New York, NY 10027 Bewoket: By the Will of God Director: Andrea Mydlarz-Zeller, Sam Shnider USA, 2008, 66 min In 1990, Dr. Rick Hodes was hired by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to set up a series of medical clinics in Ethiopia. This documentary provides a rare look at Dr. Hodes, capturing his remarkable dedication to making life richer for some of the world's most vulnerable children. Bewoket (which means "by the will of God") is the name of one of the three Ethiopian boys whose stories are the basis for this inspiring film. Tickets: $12.00 Sunday, May 16th, 2010 - 4:00pm The Faison Firehouse Theatre 6 Hancock Place, New York, NY 10027 Adera Director: Nega Tariku, Ethiopia/South Africa, 2009, 107mins, drama in English and Amharic with English subtitles Adera is the heart wrenching story of an Ethiopian refugee's struggle to survive in the city of Johannesburg. Marlam struggles to provide for her two children back home and, through a series of twisted circumstances, ends up as a surrogate mother for a wealthy Ethiopian couple, Tiru and Fre. Their fate is tied to that of Biru's, the shady middle man who is only interested in the money. As this unique African story unfolds, the true cost of dreams is revealed and each life is changed forever. Tickets: $12.00 Our Sponsors:                            New York State Senator Bill Perkins New York City Council member Inez E. Dickens Home | About Us | History | Events | Gallery | Programs | Support Us | Contact Us 25 BROADWAY, 17TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10004 INFO@BINACF.ORG © 2008 BINA CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC

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