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Jewish film festival kicks off Thursday

Dan Webster

One of Spokane's best annual movie treats kicks off Thursday night at Gonzaga University's Hemmingson Center. The Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival 2017 will screen three films, beginning Thursday and continuing on Saturday and Sunday.

The films are as follows:

"Once in a Lifetime" (7 p.m. Thursday): A teacher at an inner-city French high school has trouble reaching her students until she assigns them to study the Holocaust. (In French with English subtitles)

"Transit" (7 p.m. Saturday): Filipino migrant workers in Israel struggle to live under the threat of deportation laws. (In Hebrew, Tagalog with English subtitles)

"The Kind Words" (2 p.m. Sunday): Following their mother's death, a trio of siblings discover who their parents really were. (In Hebrew, French with English subtitles.

The Hemmingson Center is located on the GU campus, 702 E. Desmet Ave. (a block and a half west of Hamilton). Tickets to the screenings are $10 and can be purchased at the door (a festival pass costs $28).