2019-11-19 19:45, JCC Warsaw
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POLISH PREMIERE.
Their disco hits “Crucified” and “Obsession” left their mark on 1990s European pop music; their garish, kitschyshrill music videos have never been forgotten. The Swedish band Army of Lovers combined the glamour and sexual permissiveness of drag and gay culture with elements of Jewish culture, rising to become international pop stars almost three decades ago. It is much less widely known that Jean-Pierre Barda, the band’s Jewish singer originally from Algeria, decided to emigrate to Israel in 2015. Filmmaker Asaf Galay accompanies the band through turbulent times full of amusing-absurd moments, from its beginnings in Stockholm’s gay scene to its path to fame to Jean-Pierre’s aliyah, his emotional quest for himself, and his new life in Tel Aviv.
Festivals, awards: Haifa IFF 2018 - Best Documentary, SF Jewish FF 2019, Berlin Jewish FF 2019
Language: English, Swedish, Hebrew. Subtitles: Polish and English.
19.11.2019, TUESDAY, JCC Warsaw, 7:45 PM
ADMISSION IS FREE. FREE TICKETS CAN BE PICKED UP AT JCC Warsaw ON THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.
21.11.2019, THURSDAY, MINDSPACE, 5:30 PM
Introduction: Dr. Lihi Nagler. (Dr. Lihi Nagler is a film scholar affiliated with the Department of Literature, Art &
Linguistics at The Open University of Israel. She serves as a curator at the Jewish Film
Festival Berlin and at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival).
ADMISSION IS FREE, but please reserve free tickets at films@wjff.pl
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