Events

Cohen Media Group is proud to announce the release of Claude Lanzmann's final documentary SHOAH: FOUR SISTERS, a selection of the Cannes and New York Film Festivals, scheduled to open in New York on Wednesday, November 14 at The Quad Cinema followed by a national roll out. Composed of four segments, The Hippocratic Oath, The Merry Flea, Noah’s Ark, and Baluty, SHOAH: FOUR SISTERS will be released theatrically in two parts.

Starting in 1999, Claude Lanzmann made several films that could be considered satellites of SHOAH, comprised of interviews conducted in the 1970s that did not make it into the final, monumental work. In the last years of the director’s life, he decided to devote a film to four women from four different areas of Eastern Europe with four different destinies, each finding herself improbably alive after war’s end: Ruth Elias from Ostravia, Czechoslovakia (The Hippocratic Oath); Paula Biren from Lodz, Poland (Baluty); Ada Lichtman from further south in Krakow (The Merry F

US Premiere
Friday, NOVEMBER 23, 2018  @ 3:30 pm - 179 GD

REGULAR SCREENING:
Sunday, DECEMBER 9, 2018 @ 3:45 pm - Chapel

A charming animation for the entire family, this African fable tells the story of Minga, an orphaned girl living with her stepmother Mami Kaba and her stepsister Abena. One day, when she washes the dishes in the river, she accidentally brakes a spoon. A furious Mami Kaba chases her away from the house, asking her to find the only identical spoon hidden by her late mother. An adventurous journey then begins for Minga in the forest

WOMEN FILMMAKER COMPETITION
US Premiere
Saturday, NOVEMBER 24, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - Chapel
Sunday, DECEMBER 9, 2018   @ 1:30 pm - 179 GD

Eight months before the Independence of Tunisia, four women meet at a prison for women called Dar Joued. Of different ages and social conditions, they are condemned to live together under the authority and injustice of their jailer: “El Jaida”. They will share memories of the outside world, joy, emotions and distress of their daily lives. 

WOMEN FILMMAKER COMPETITION

A DAY FOR WOMEN (Youm lel setat)
NY Premiere
Sunday, DECEMBER 2, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - Chapel
Sunday, DECEMBER 9, 2018 @ 8:00 pm - Chapel

A new swimming pool opens in a poor Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays are reserved for women. This news causes sensation with ripple effects throughout the local community. As women flock around the basin, a series of events will forever affect their perception of themselves and their view of the world.

Welcome to our second annual French Book Fair ! 

Friday Dec. 7 from 3:30 to 7:30pm and Saturday Dec. 8 from 9:30am to 2pm, at Smith Street Maternelle, 607 Henry Street in Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens. 

Kids are also invited to take part in storytelling time, art and music activities. 

Saturday at 2:30pm, we will end the book fair with the movie "Ernest & Celestine" (French version with subtitles - for kids from 2 years old).