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EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Bloom will beryllium honored astatine nan 2026 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
The Jewish Film Institute is bestowing nan character and comedian pinch nan Freedom of Expression grant during nan 46th loop of nan yearly festival, during nan July 18 westbound seashore premiere of Hollywood Does Abortion. Bloom executive produced nan film, which is directed by Janet Goldwater, Barbara Attie, and Mike Attie.
“I’m thrilled and profoundly grateful to nan Jewish Film Institute for being honored pinch this year’s Freedom of Expression Award,” Bloom said successful a connection Tuesday. “Protecting nan state to speak truth to powerfulness done creation and cinema is much captious than ever. I’m truthful proud to bring Hollywood Does Abortion to SFJFF46, and I convey JFI for creating a level that celebrates nan full, divers spectrum of Jewish creativity.”
Hollywood Does Abortion delves into nan depiction of abortion successful movie and television, revealing really flawed portrayals person excessively often contributed to misperceptions that effect cognition and nine done extended archival footage from nan 1970s to nan present. The doc explores scenes from celebrated titles like Maude, Dirty Dancing, Jane nan Virgin and Juno.
The movie is 1 of respective to make its westbound seashore debut astatine SFJFF46 aft opening astatine Tribeca Film Festival this month.
The Freedom of Expression Award was conceived successful 2005 and is fixed annually “to an creator aliases filmmaker for their unfettered imagination, which is nan cornerstone of a free, just, and unfastened society,” per nan Jewish Film Institute. Previous recipients person included Daveed Diggs, Kirk Douglas, Norman Lear, Sergei Loznitsa, Theodore Bikel, Jay Rosenblatt, Lee Grant, Julie Cohen, and Joe Berlinger.
“As a writer, performer, producer, and songwriter, Rachel Bloom has consistently pushed nan boundaries of drama while tackling subjects often near unspoken,” Lexi Leban, Executive Director, Jewish Film Institute said successful a statement. “With intelligence, vulnerability, and irreverent humor, Bloom embodies nan tone of creator state and nan courageousness to show stories precisely arsenic she sees them. Her activity on Hollywood Does Abortion reflects nan nonstop benignant of bold, boundary-pushing storytelling JFI champions.”
SFJFF46 runs from July 16 to August 2 successful San Francisco and nan East Bay. The show will coming 65 films from 16 countries, pinch 21 narratives and 24 documentary features arsenic good arsenic 4 shorts programs comprising 6 narratives and 14 documentaries. That includes 8 World Premieres, 2 International Premieres, 2 North American Premieres, 5 United States Premieres, and galore West Coast, California, and Bay Area Premieres.
In summation to Hollywood Does Abortion, immoderate of nan films astatine nan fest see Act One by Sophia Takal and Tell Me Everything, nan critically-acclaimed 2nd characteristic movie from Israeli director Moshe Rosenthal. Also, We Met astatine Grossinger’s, Paula Eiselt’s documentary astir nan making of 1 of nan astir cardinal places to nan improvement of American Jewish personality successful nan Catskills of New York.
