The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival seeks to enrich the moviegoer experience by presenting special guest speakers before and after select screenings. A variety of filmmakers, academics, authors, critics and other experts engage with the audience during introductory remarks and post-film Q&A sessions, at no additional cost.
Select highlights of the 2020 AJFF are below.
- Erik Anjou, filmmaker—A Cantor's Head • Q&A, 2/15, 2/16, 2/17 (all)
- Jack Mendelson, subject—A Cantor's Head • Q&A, 2/15, 2/16, 2/17 (all)
- Alyssa Fagien, food blogger—Abe • Introductory Speaker, 2/15 (1:00 PM)
- Todd Ginsberg, celebrity chef—Abe • Introductory Speaker, 2/17 (11:00 AM)
- Matthew Bernstein, Emory Film Studies Chair — Black Mercedes • Introductory Speaker, 2/27 (7:20 PM)
- Ivy Meeropol, filmmaker and granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg — Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn • Q&A, 2/24, 2/25 (all)
- Michèle Taylor, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council — The Glass Room • Introductory Speaker, 2/21
- Ben Mankiewicz, TCM host and televison personality, Hollywood's II. World War • Introductory Speaker, 2/13
- Steven Pressman, filmmaker —Holy Silence • Q&A, 2/15, 2/16, 2/17 (all)
- Yaron Zilberman, filmmaker —Incitement • Q&A, 2/24, 2/25 (all)
- David Kross, actor —The Keeper • Q&A, 2/23, 2/24 (all)
- Lawrence Kasdan, filmmaker — Last Week at Ed's • Q&A, 2/23
- Meg Kasdan, filmmaker — Last Week at Ed's • Q&A, 2/23
- Amy Geller, filmmaker — The Rabbi Goes West • Q&A, 2/11, 2/12 (both)
- Gerald Perry, filmmaker — The Rabbi Goes West • Q&A, 2/11, 2/12 (both)
- Lois Reitzes, Host of City Lights on WABE — Saul & Ruby, To Life! (*AJFF's Closing Night Film) • Q&A, 2/27
- Tod Lending, filmmaker — Saul & Ruby, To Life! (*AJFF's Closing Night Film) • Q&A, 2/27 (both)
- Saul Dreier, subject of film — Saul & Ruby, To Life! (*AJFF's Closing Night Film) • Q&A, 2/27 (both)
- Ruby Sosnowicz, subject of film — Saul & Ruby, To Life! (*AJFF's Closing Night Film) • Q&A, 2/27 (both)
- Reverend, Dr. Gerald L. Durley, featured in film —Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance (*AJFF's Opening Night Film) • Q&A, 2/10
- Louis Gossett Jr., featured in film —Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance (*AJFF's Opening Night Film) • Q&A, 2/10
- Martin Luther King III, featured in film —Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance (*AJFF's Opening Night Film) • Q&A, 2/10
- Joel Basman, actor — Wolkenbruch's Wondrous Journey Into the Arms of a Shiksa • Q&A, 2/12, 2/13, 2/14 (all)
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