Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival continues after Shabbat

Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival attendees enjoy Stolichnaya Vodka and pickled herring. (Photo by Ara Rubyan)

The tenth annual Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival got off to a great start on Wednesday and will continue after taking a break for the Shabbat holiday tonight.

The Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival is the closest such dedicated festival dealing with Jewish themes since the Jewish Community Center has dispensed with its own here.

Wednesday night’s opening film was “The Sturgeon Queens,” a documentary about a New York Jewish family that has specialized in sales of pickled herring for three generations. Special tastings of the firm’s pickled herring and Stolichnaya Vodka were enjoyed by attendees following the film.

Thursday night’s double header were two documentaries: “The Lady in Number Six” and “Hitler’s Children,” a disturbing exploration of the children and grandchildren of Nazi leaders who must deal with their ancestors’ legacies of hate.

Saturday night’s film is “The Wonders,” a film dealing with would-be superheroes, while there is a double feature matinee of “Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story” and “Under the Same Sun.”

Individual tickets are $8.50 for each film at the Manship Theatre in Baton Rouge. Phone 866-451-2787 for more information.

To see a 60-second trailer of all films click here. For more information on the Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival click here.