July 10, 7:00 pm, Manchester Community Library

English, 109 minutes

PLAN A is based on the incredible true story of the “Avengers“. A group of Jewish vigilantes, men and women, who after surviving the holocaust are vowing to avenge the death of their people – “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth“. 

Max, a Holocaust survivor who has lost all his family in the camps. Full of rage and with nothing left to live for other than revenge he helps the Jewish Brigade, soldiers under British command, to off the record find and execute Nazis accused of leading positions in the Nazi system. When the brigade is called off, Max follows Anna and a group of former partisans to Nuremberg, where they soon realize that they will not find redemption in the upcoming Nuremberg trials.

Led by charismatic leader Abba Kovner, they formulate the biggest revenge operation in history - "Plan A“. They infiltrate German water companies as undercover engineers with only one goal: to poison the drinking water in Nuremberg, Munich, Cologne, Weimar and Hamburg and “to kill six million Germans, one for every Jew slaughtered by the Germans.

July 17, 7:00 pm, Manchester Community Library

English, 120 minutes

Jews of the Wild West is a feature length documentary. The independent film is produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Amanda Kinsey. Through on-camera interviews, compelling footage, and historical photographs, the film tells a positive immigration story and highlights the dynamic contributions Jewish Americans made to shaping the Western United States. The documentary was funded through donors, grants and crowdsourcing. 

Six years ago, Amanda relocated from Brooklyn to Denver with her family. She is not Jewish and sees this project as an important act of ally-ship with the goal of amplifying Jewish voices. Her passion for the Wild West is personal. Amanda's grandmother was born in Denver and once jumped out of an airplane for $100, her great-grandparents ran a photography studio in Butte, Montana at the turn of the century and her great-great-grandfather owned a San Francisco saloon during the California Gold Rush.

July 31, 7:00 pm, Manchester Community Library

Israel, English, 88 minutes

Director Lynn Roth establishes right up front that the British mandate in Palestine is considered only temporary by Jewish settlers, and they’ll do almost anything to shorten it even more. Even adolescent Proffi and his buddies are planning to blow up a British army truck with a homemade explosive device.

One day, Proffi is caught out after curfew by Sgt. Dunlap, who instead of hauling him off to jail takes him home and invites the boy to visit him at the army barracks. Seeing this as an opportunity to gain intelligence about British movements, Proffi accepts Dunlop’s offer, then finds that the sarge is an all-around nice guy who wants to learn Hebrew and is studying the Old Testament. The two soon become friends, though Proffi keeps this information from his family and the neighborhood kids.

August 7, 7:00 pm, Manchester Community Library

English, 85 minutes

Some stories get lost in the turmoil of their times. It is often only in retrospect that we can discover the true shapers of history. One such man is the prodigious Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman. Orchestra of Exiles explores this great man's 4-year odyssey, which culminates in the founding of the orchestra that would become the Israel Philharmonic. His fascinating story touches many of the major themes of the 20th century and the unfolding drama of his life is riveting. During the darkest days of a Europe being torn apart by anti- Semitism and Nazi aggression, Huberman's extraordinary efforts saved hundreds of Jewish families from the approaching holocaust and his achievements changed the landscape of cultural history. Before the Nazis came to power Huberman was focused only on building his own monumental career but witnessing Hitler's agenda was a call to action that Huberman could not ignore. Huberman's personal transformation and subsequent heroic struggle to get Jewish musicians out of Europe to found this orchestra will be at the heart of this film. Today, his violin is still alive and is being played in concert halls around the world.