In November Images Cinema will present two films that explore the aftermath of genocide. On Monday November 5 at 7pm there will be a free screening of The Flute Player, a documentary about a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. The film will be preceded at 6pm by a dramatic reading. On Monday, November 12 at 7pm there will be a screening of Watermarks, a film about a 1930s Jewish women's swim team in Austria that is disbanded, and subsequently is reunited sixty-five years later. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring Street in Williamstown, MA.
As part of the Beyond Genocide events at Williams College, Images will host a dramatic reading of "Photographs from S-21" a short play by Catherine Filloux, on Monday, November 5 at 6pm, about two photographs from Security Prison 21 (S-21), a concentration camp used by the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. At 7pm the same day, there will be a screening of The Flute Player, a documentary about Arn Chorn-Pond, a survivor of the Cambodian genocide who uses music to overcome his tragedy. For four long years Arn struggled to stay alive amidst torture, murder, and frontline combat. As his family and culture were destroyed, Arn's musical talent kept him from perishing in a genocide that took the lives of 2 million Cambodians. Now, after living in the U.S. for 20 years, Arn faces the dark shadows of his war-torn past as he fights to save Cambodia's once outlawed traditional music from extinction. This documentary tells the extraordinary story of his triumph over tragedy.
Then on Monday, November 12 at 7pm there will be a screening of Watermarks, which is part of a film series presented by the Williams College Jewish Association, Congregation Beth El of Bennington, VT, and Congregation Beth Israel of North Adams. Watermarks is the story of the champion women swimmers of the legendary Jewish sports club, Hakoah Vienna. Hakoah ("The Strength" in Hebrew) was founded in 1909 in response to the notorious Aryan Paragraph, which forbade Austrian sports clubs from accepting Jewish athletes. Hakoah rapidly grew into one of Europe's biggest athletic clubs, while achieving astonishing success in many diverse sports. In the 1930s Hakoah's women swimmers dominated national competitions in Austria. After the Anschluss, the political unification of Nazi Germany and Austria in 1938, the Nazis shut down the club, but the swimmers managed to flee the country before the war broke out. Sixty-five years later, director Yaron Zilberman meets the members of the women's swim team in their homes around the world, and arranges for them to have a reunion in their old swimming pool in Vienna.
The only one of its kind in Berkshire County, Images Cinema is a year-round non-profit, member-supported community film house that presents a wide range of films that impact filmmaking and our culture. Images continuously seeks to entertain, educate and engage the community with quality programming, while maintaining its dedication to independent film and media. Images Cinema is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Check for up-to-date happenings at www.imagescinema.org
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Former Harry's Supermarket Under Construction for Restaurant
Late last month, the Conservation Commission greenlit some tree pruning on the property. New windows and a new door can be seen in the front of the building.
"It's a substantial renovation that's currently underway here," Brent White of White Engineering said, speaking on behalf of the applicant and owner, Huajie Zhu.
A fire gutted the longtime Wahconah Street supermarket in 2023, and the following year, Zhu purchased the property for $460,000 two years ago to build a restaurant with hibachi in the existing footprint of the more than 100-year-old building.
White explained that the project has been ongoing for over a year, and the Community Development Board granted the property a waiver to reduce the minimum required number of parking spaces so that additional spaces aren't needed.
He noted that, looking at the site plan, there is very little room to do so. A mirror will be installed near the sharp turn on Bel Air Avenue to alleviate traffic concerns.
Pruning will be done on trees in the southeast corner of the existing paved parking lot, as a number of branches are hanging over. The new owners also intend to patch, sealcoat, and re-stripe the parking lot.
A fire tore through the building less than an hour after the supermarket closed for the day three years ago. An automatic sprinkler system is required for the new use.
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