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Sometimes a film can change your life.

We're getting ready for the 4:00 round, which is very special.

We'll be starting off at 4:15 with The Tracker, followed at Fay Grim and the extraordinary and controversial Forgiving Dr. Mengele. Then, at 4:45, Glue and the Indy Shorts #4 Program will begin. We also have a very special showing of The World's Best Commercials for Dollar Bank employees starting at 5:00.

There's a lot to tell you about these showings!

First, Fay Grim, Forgiving Dr. Mengele, and Independent Shorts #4 are on Stand-By. If you didn't buy tickets in advance, please make sure you get here early if you want the best chance of getting in.

Next, Dollar Bank Employees! I wanted to remind you that this showing of The World's Best Commercials is only open to Dollar Bank employees and their families, so you need to bring your Dollar Bank ID with you to the theater. You won't need tickets as long as you have your ID. Also, once you come in, go to the far-left side of the concession stand and show your ID to pick up your included drink and popcorn. We're delighted to have all of you with us today!

Also, Rolf de Heer will be in attendance at the screening of his film, The Tracker, so all of you big fans of his work will have another fantastic chance to catch up with Cleveland's adopted son from Down Under. There will also be the first of our Film Forums Series in conjunction with Forgiving Dr. Mengele.

When I was a teenager, Eva Kor came to Cleveland Heights High School and spoke to us about her experiences as a prisoner in Auschwitz during the Holocaust, and as a subject of Dr. Mengele's horrific "twin experiments." She's an extraordinary woman and her speech riveted me, and has stayed with me in the two decades since then. In truth, she defined the Holocaust for me. So it's an especially moving thing to be able to see the culmination of her personal journey to peace and transcendence. The Forum topic, appropriately enough, is "Can the powerful force of forgiveness be the key to healing?" Her son, Alex, will be one of the panelists, along with film co-director Bob Hercules, Editor Cynthia Dettelbach of the Cleveland Jewish News, and the extraordinary Holocaust survivor Max Edelman. Mr. Edelman, who was blinded while in a concentration camp, is an educator and presenter for the "Face to Face" program at Congregation Shaarey Tikvah. This is going to be an amazing program, and the message of this film might just change your life.

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