An evening with Abraham Ravett
Tuesday April 3rd, 19h
Mount Holyoke College's Art Building, room 320
50 College Street • South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075

A selection of films by American filmmaker Abraham Ravett.

Programme;

- A Calming Breeze (1984, 17 min., color, silent, 16mm)
A look at my son's birth and the rite of circumcision.
- Toncia (1986, 13 min., color, sound, 16mm)
In one continuous, twelve minute take, the filmmaker talks with his mother about her daughter who was killed in Auschwitz.
- Jack Haber (1987, 15 min., b&w, silent, 16mm)
Jack Haber is a film about unheralded lives. Utilizing film material found and purchased in an antique shop, the filmmaker speculates on the life of one, Jack Haber.
- The Visit (2003, 8 min., 16mm, silent)
A child's awakening.
- Tziporah (2007, 7 min, silent, 16mm)
Tziporah is the Hebrew word for bird. This is another cinematic response to grief and loss.