Everything You Have is Yours
Saturday February 22, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Vogue Theatre
In this sensitively crafted documentary, choreographer Hadar Ahuvia interrogates the roots of the Israeli folk dances she grew up dancing with her mother. Facing romanticized stories about her grandparents, Zionist ‘kibbutznik’ settlers in Palestine in the 1930’s, she begins a personal endeavor unpacking and confronting the appropriative origins of this inherited dance. Through this vulnerable, personal story a larger weaving of powerful artistic portraits emerge— Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian dancers living in New York City question what is inherited and what to choose to carry forward.
Director Tatyana Tennenbaum conveys the power of dance as an embodied medium for grieving, healing, resistance and reclamation. Everything You Have Is Yours honors these powerful associations, reminding us of our shared humanity and the need for collective liberation.
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Please also join the filmmakers at the Creative Interventions: The Role of Art in Healing Political Division panel on Sunday, February 23 at 1:30pm for an extended conversation.
Tatyana Tenenbaum, director, Everything You Have is Yours
Hadar Ahuvia, participant and choreographer, Everything You Have is Yours
Additional guests to be announced
October 7th and the war in Gaza poured fuel on the fire of long standing political polarization and community divisions, making the need for nuanced conversations more vital than ever before. But as topics like Israel, Palestine, and antisemitism continue to dominate the headlines, Jewish communal discussions around these themes are increasingly fraught. Film, and the arts more broadly, offer an alternative lens for unpacking past and current events that can then create space for complexity, nuance, and healing when words alone are not enough. Winterfest selection Everything You Have is Yours tackles these themes head on, tracing the familial and communal fractures that break out along political lines. In addition to the film’s director and main participant, this panel will include Jewish community thought leaders and creative practitioners discussing the role of the arts in addressing these emotionally charged topics, and how art works to heal the internal divisions that prevent it from being discussed in the first place. – REBECCA PIERCE