Podcast appearances and mentions of Joshua Z Weinstein

Michael Jacobs and Joshua Z. Weinstein met on the festival circuit in 2008 where both were presenting original documentaries. Most recently, they teamed up for Marvel’s documentary, Behind the Mask. The premise? Meet the writers and artists behind characters like Black Panther, Miles Morales, Ms. Marvel, Luke Cage, the X-Men, Captain Marvel, and many other characters in the Marvel Universe, highlighting their impact on pop culture and media. In this interview, the duo talks about moving from film to digital, working with Barry Jenkins, shooting Blackballed for Quibi, how budgets change a documentary, and how to be ethical as a documentary filmmaker. If it’s your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel’ which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below… Join the email list here: www.brockswinson.com Follow us on Instagram for updates: @brockswinson If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!

Life You Think You Own It (2016) This 5-minute documentary, directed by Ellie Lobovits (IMDb link), and available on YouTube through the Jewish Film Institute, explores themes of identity, art, and mortality through the life and writing of Adrienne Wolfert. This film operates like good lyric poetry, conjuring a depth of feeling out of a few well-chosen words and images. Watch it below!   Next Time and Thank You Next time we'll watch Menashe (2017) (IMDb link), directed by Joshua Z Weinstein (IMDb link). We're aiming for summer 2018. Thank you as always to the Klezmer Rebs for letting us play their music as our intro and outro; check out their website and bandcamp pages!  Aaron

Dayna sits down with Director Joshua Z. Weinstein of the new film, "Menashe". "Menashe" was recently featured at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, and is in theaters now. For more information, visit the website.  If you're just tuning in, or haven't listened in a while, Radio Rehab is a Daily Show with a brand new Episode dropped to you every weekday... Each week, Dayna will share stories, welcome Guests, and discuss topics around her experiences with addiction and recovery. To contact Dayna & Radio Rehab: Email - RadioRehab@Go-ToProductions.com Facebook, Instagram & Twitter - @RadioRehabDayna Text & Voicemail - 415-496-9511 Radio Rehab is brought to you by Go-To Productions, for more information visit www.Go-ToProductions.com

L'actualité de la semaine revue par Paul Journet et Judith Lussier ; Journée internationale de la jeunesse : Discussion ; Sauver le café, dans L'actualité, avec Valérie Borde ; Cinéma avec Georges Privet : Menashe, de Joshua Z. Weinstein ; Culture populaire avec Pascale Lévesque : La semaine Elvis ; Le livre Le monde selon James Bond : Entrevue avec Jean-Philippe Costes ; Vins avec Élyse Lambert : Suggestions pour l'épluchette ; Musique avec Olivier Boisvert-Magnen : Phoenix de Save Yours ; Cinéma avec Georges Privet : Sage femme, de Martin Provost ; Culture populaire avec Pascale Lévesque : Rodéo mécanic de Tingwick ; Entrevue avec l'auteur haïtien Néhémy Pierre-Dahomey ; Cinéma avec Georges Privet : Landline, de Gillian Robespierre ; Musique avec Olivier Boisvert-Magnen : Le festival SOIR 2017

This week, Clint and Julia review the latest from dynamo distribution house A24 - the Yiddish-language family drama MENASHE, directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein and starring a cast of Hasidic non-actors. 

Director Joshua Z. Weinstein and leading character Menashe Lustig talk about the making of the newly released film, "Menashe." The film, performed in Yiddish, takes place in the Hasidic community of Borough Park, Brooklyn. The story is drawn from the real life of its Hasidic star Menashe Lustig. Episode 0155 July 26, 2017 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, Massachusetts

Yiddish is a language developed among the Jewish population of Central Europe in the 9th century as a mix of their Biblical Hebrew, and the German and other modern languages of the day. Before World War II, it was spoken by upwards of 13 million people. Today, in the US, it is estimated to only be spoken by less than 200,000. The scarcity of spoken Yiddish today makes it an especially unusual choice for the script written by American director and native English speaker Joshua Z. Weinstein on his new film “Menashe.” And that wasn’t the only—ahem—unorthodox choice that was made. The movie was filmed with almost all untrained actors from within an insular ultra-orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, and the script was developed alongside its star, a man who had never seen a movie in a theater. Perhaps even more surprising is that the feature not only made it into this year’s Sundance Film Festival, but got renowned Executive Producer Chris Columbus on board just before the event, and afterwards landed a deal with A24, which distributed last year’s biggest indie hit, “Moonlight.” Editor-in-Chief Liz Nord met up with Weinstein, along with the film’s cinematographer and co-producer Yoni Brook, and lead actor Menashe Lustig, at Sundance just after the film premiered. They discuss the unique production, camera techniques, and their unlikely success in making a film about a widowed man trying to convince his traditional community that he is capable of caring for his young son.