Kike Like Me (Ws)

Provocative, mischievous and difficult to dismiss, filmmaker Jamie Kastner's first-person docu-essay dissects identity politics by exploring the question, What does it mean to be perceived as Jewish? For answers, Kastner visits a Parisian suburb noted for its tolerance, where a street interview reveals a darker side of modern Europe; poses some pointed questions to conservative pundit Pat Buchanan; and makes a trip to Auschwitz to observe how a site of extreme evil has been transformed into a tacky tourist attraction. Through it all, Kastner s personal journey becomes a universal exploration funny and frightening, quirky and surprising of identities, images, and the mystery of tribal definition; of differentness, self-conception and misconception, of bigotry and oversensitivity.

Bonus Features:

- A visit with Uncle Bill at Ess-A-Bagel in Manhatten

- Interview with the New Republic s Leon Weiseltier

- Christopher Hitchens on Jewish identity and Israel after recently discovering his Jewish roots.

- Original Theatrical trailer

- Director s tour of the Daniel Liebeskind-designed Jewish Museum in Berlin.~ Kike Like Me (Ws)