We would appreciate your support if you would like to donate to our efforts and help cover our streaming costs. Please consider donating when "Unlocking" the film or by clicking here.
Co-writer and co-director Aviva Armour-Ostroff delivers a mesmerizing lead performance in this dynamic film about politics, religion, the mental health care system, and parenting. In Toronto 1994, Miriam, a South African-born Jew, navigates a manic episode triggered by her determination to vote for the recently-freed Nelson Mandela. Having spent years fighting apartheid, Miriam is eager to return to South Africa to vote in the historic election. But her mania escalates when she meets her teenage daughter’s African Canadian boyfriend.
Accompanying the film premiere is a discussion with director Aviva Armour-Ostroff and moderator Miriam Singer, President/CEO of JCS of South Florida. To view the conversation please click here.
────────────────────
Sponsored by Moj & Robert Danial, and Michelle & Robert Diener.
The 2022 Miami Jewish Film Festival virtual program is made possible with the generous support of Benjamin Nahum and Tamar Roodner.
- Year2021
- Runtime107 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- PremiereSoutheast US Premiere
- DirectorAviva Armour-Ostroff, Arturo Perez Torrez
- ScreenwriterAviva Armour-Ostroff, Brian Ostroff
- CastAviva Armour-Ostroff, Alanna Bale, Vlad Alexis
- CinematographerArturo Pérez Torres
- EditorHelen Salcedo
- MusicCharles Spearin, Kevin Drew
We would appreciate your support if you would like to donate to our efforts and help cover our streaming costs. Please consider donating when "Unlocking" the film or by clicking here.
Co-writer and co-director Aviva Armour-Ostroff delivers a mesmerizing lead performance in this dynamic film about politics, religion, the mental health care system, and parenting. In Toronto 1994, Miriam, a South African-born Jew, navigates a manic episode triggered by her determination to vote for the recently-freed Nelson Mandela. Having spent years fighting apartheid, Miriam is eager to return to South Africa to vote in the historic election. But her mania escalates when she meets her teenage daughter’s African Canadian boyfriend.
Accompanying the film premiere is a discussion with director Aviva Armour-Ostroff and moderator Miriam Singer, President/CEO of JCS of South Florida. To view the conversation please click here.
────────────────────
Sponsored by Moj & Robert Danial, and Michelle & Robert Diener.
The 2022 Miami Jewish Film Festival virtual program is made possible with the generous support of Benjamin Nahum and Tamar Roodner.
- Year2021
- Runtime107 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- PremiereSoutheast US Premiere
- DirectorAviva Armour-Ostroff, Arturo Perez Torrez
- ScreenwriterAviva Armour-Ostroff, Brian Ostroff
- CastAviva Armour-Ostroff, Alanna Bale, Vlad Alexis
- CinematographerArturo Pérez Torres
- EditorHelen Salcedo
- MusicCharles Spearin, Kevin Drew