Holocaust in Film Series: Everything is Illuminated

About the Event

The AHEC invites you to join us for the final screening of our 13th annual Holocaust in Film Series: Rescue, Escape, and Liberation, presented by the Perlman Donor Advised Fund. On March 31 at 6:00 PM at Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema, we will screen the emotional and thought-provoking film “Everything is Illuminated.”

The film follows Jonathan, whose grandfather was a Holocaust Survivor, as he struggles to uncover his family’s history and learn the lessons this history has to teach him. As Jonathan’s journey unfolds, the story asks what escape or liberation truly means to those who survived the Holocaust yet remain haunted by memories of their trauma and immense losses.

Following the screening, Michele Forman—a second-generation Survivor, award-winning documentarian, and UAB media studies professor—will lead a discussion about the film to deepen audience understanding of the struggles Survivors and the descendants of Survivors continue to face, as well as how we can work together to build a more just and compassionate future.

Tickets are $10 per person. Purchase your tickets today!

Presented by:

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Alabama Holocaust Education Center

Location

Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema
1821 2nd Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203

Program Date and Time:

March 31, 2026
March 31, 2026
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Local Time:
Mar 31 2026 |
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Event Time Shown in Central Time.

Event Location:

Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema
1821 2nd Ave N
Birmingham, AL 35203

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About the Speakers

Michele Forman

Michele is a documentary filmmaker who got her start as an executive in feature films. As Director of Development at Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, she was responsible for the acquisition and development of new projects, including New Jersey Drive, Girl 6, Sula, The Jackie Robinson Story, and Summer of Sam. In addition, Forman served as associate producer on Mr. Lee’s Academy Award-nominated film 4 Little Girls, a feature-length documentary for HBO about the bombing of the Sixteenth Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. Michele co-founded the UAB Media Studies Program in 2003 with the aim of using new media technologies to connect students with crucial community issues in the Greater Birmingham area. She loves teaching media and film history, as well as using the methods of documentary filmmaking, digital storytelling, oral history, and multimedia-based research to give students the chance to connect what they learn in the classroom with real-world experience.

Thank You to Our Partners

The Perlman Donor Advised Fund