Step back into the lost world of the 1930s for an immersive cultural experience, pairing one of the great works of Yiddish cinema with the Fox’s beautifully preserved Southwestern Art Deco theatre. For one afternoon, experience The Dybbuk as audiences would have nearly a century ago: on the big screen and surrounded by the atmosphere of another era.

Two friends promise their children to one another before they are even born. Years later, that promise is broken, but the young lovers’ story is far from over. Based on S. Ansky’s legendary play, Michał Waszyński’s 1937 The Dybbuk, newly restored in time for its 90th anniversary, draws us into a fascinating world of love, possession, mysticism, music, and Jewish folklore. Made in Poland just before the Holocaust destroyed much of the Jewish world it depicts, it remains both spellbinding cinema and an extraordinary record of a cultural life now lost.

We are incredibly excited to co-present The Dybbuk with the Tucson J in celebration of the film’s 90th anniversary! This special presentation marks the Arizona premiere of its new digital restoration and the film’s first public screening in the state since its original 35mm restoration in 1989. New Digital Restoration & New English Translation and Subtitles by The National Center for Jewish Film. Image: Copyright National Center for Jewish Film.

This film is co-presented as part of the Tucson J International Film Festival. The full festival line-up can be found at: https://tucsonfilm2027.eventive.org/welcome