Name: IIJS Film Series: "From Darkness to Light"
Start: 2025-12-01T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-01T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University

IIJS Film Series: "From Darkness to Light"

Join us for an in-person screening, introduced by IIJS Film Programmer Stuart Weinstock and followed by a discussion with the audience.
About this Event

Our fall film series concludes with From Darkness to Light on Monday, December 1, at 6:00 p.m. ET. Join us for an in-person screening, introduced by IIJS Film Programmer Stuart Weinstock and followed by a discussion with the audience.

In 1972, movie legend and comedy auteur Jerry Lewis gambled his career and his own money to direct and star in a Holocaust film called The Day the Clown Cried. A series of troubles ensued and the film never saw the light of day, becoming an object of fascination for 50+ years. The documentary From Darkness to Light chronicles the doomed production comprehensively (including new interviews with Lewis before his death) and breaks new ground in film history by including fully-edited scenes from The Day the Clown Cried -- the first time they have ever been publicly seen. Was Lewis' film ahead of its time or a fool's errand? See From Darkness to Light and decide for yourself.(108 minutes; English and French with English subtitles)

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*Guests must register by Wednesday, November 26 to be approved for campus access; unregistered guests will not be permitted on campus.

Supported by the generosity of the Radov and Kaye families.

While all IIJS events are free and open to the public, we do encourage a suggested donation of $10.