JCA Film Series - 'Waltz with Bashir'

Thu 17 Jun, 7:30-9:30 pm. 8505 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville, 32217. Myron Flagler, Executive Director, 904-730-2100. Jewish Community Alliance - [email][events]

The JCA Film Series presents a free showing of “Waltz with Bashir” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 17. This film fuses animation and documentary to create an experience unlike anything you’ve ever witnessed. Ari Folman, an Israeli veteran of the First Lebanon War, encounters an old friend suffering from nightmares of the conflict. Ari begins to wonder why his own memories are full of gaps. In an effort to uncover the truth, he reconnects with old friends and dares to confront the horrors of war. “Waltz with Bashir” won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film, Best Picture of the Year from the National Society of Film Critics and was an Academy Award nominee for best foreign language film. This showing is free to the entire community.