Jennifer Fox

Sat., Feb. 26, 8 p.m., $12, Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400, pjff.org.

by Shaun Brady

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Published: Feb 23, 2011

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While this Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival-sponsored evening will celebrate Jennifer Fox's three-decade career as a documentarian, many of the Philly native's films themselves encompass significant segments of that time span. Fox rarely takes on small projects; instead, her work examines the evolution of a life, the implications of a complex idea, or the repercussions of a major event. An American Love Story is an intimate portrait of an interracial couple; Beirut: Last Home Movie recounts the struggles of a wealthy family during the Lebanese Civil War; and her most recent film, My Reincarnation (Learning to Swim), traces the relationship of a Tibetan master and his son over a 20-year period. She has even become her own subject, stepping in front of the camera as one of the women profiled in Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, her 2006 exploration of women in a variety of cultural contexts. This Saturday at the Gershman Y, Fox will discuss her work and show excerpts from her expansive yet intimate oeuvre.

Sat., Feb. 26, 8 p.m., $12, Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400, pjff.org.

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