Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival

Two extraordinary films offered free to the public: Tijuana Jews tells the story of European and Middle Eastern Jews who immigrated to the border city in the early 20th century and thrived there through the Prohibition era and to the present day.
At 2:00 pm Facing Fear will screen. This powerful 24-minute film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short in 2014. It tells the true story of a gay man's unlikely meeting and reconciliation with the former neo-Nazi skinhead who nearly beat him to death 25 years before. The film will be followed by a live Q & A with the principal subject of the movie in attendance.
"Riveting." - SF Chronicle.