The Boy: Special Screening and Conversation Honoring Filmmaker Yahav Winner
Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 6:00–7:00 pm
In Person (JCC, 334 Amsterdam Ave)
In memory of filmmaker Yahav Winner, who was killed on October 7 protecting his wife and young child, the Marlene Meyerson JCC is holding an evening honoring his life and work in Kibbutz Aza through film and conversation.
The program will feature Yahav’s short film The Boy, which powerfully captures the experience of living on a kibbutz on the border of Gaza, a recorded interview with his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor living in Ashkelon, and testimony of Yahav’s wife Shaylee which is part of a new project to capture testimonies of those impacted by the October 7 attack. Following the screening will be an in-person conversation with members of his family.
The 6:00 pm screening is sold-out. A new 7:30 pm screening and conversation has been added.
The Boy
Dir. Yahav Winner
(Israel, 2023, 25 min)
Avinoam and Barak, father and son from a Kibbutz bordering the Gaza strip, are forced to deal with another round of rockets and combat, each in their own way. One night, Barak reaches a boiling point and Avinoam is forced to absorb the heat.