JCC Virtual Speaker Series - “Behind the Scenes: Inside the Process of JFS Kesher program’s film Wo Ahin soll Ich Geh’n/Where Can I go?” presented by co-directors Barbara Kaynan and Jesse Bonnell
Wednesday, April 7, 7:30pm-9pm
“Behind the Scenes: Inside the Process of JFS Kesher program’s film Wo Ahin soll Ich Geh’n/Where Can I go?” will be a creative, interactive evening describing the impetus for the creation of Raleigh-Cary Jewish Family Services’ Kesher program, through funding from The Jewish Federations of North America’s (JFNA) Center on Aging and Trauma, and the documentary film depicting its members. Join Barbara and Jesse for a conversation on the intersections of arts, health, trauma, and resilience.
About the speakers:
Barbara Kaynan is the Kesher Coordinator for Raleigh-Cary Jewish Family Services serving Holocaust survivors in Wake County. Barbara is a Registered Drama Therapist with the North American Drama Therapy Association with over six years of experience treating people across populations and treatment settings. She has taught drama therapy at the university level, is a published research scholar, and specializes in creating theatre with communities as a means of cultivating connection, healing, and change. In addition to her role at JFS, she works as an Expressive Arts Therapist for Ellenhorn-NC and sees clients in private practice through her company: Carolina Creative Wellness.
JJesse Bonnell is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker. He collaboratively investigates how constructs of collective belonging shape our personal experiences. His work utilizes the moving image as an archive of our lived experiences ranging from collective trauma to the irreverence of the everyday.
Bonnell has received major support from Theater Communications Group (TCG), United States Embassy Belgrade, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, The Grotowski Institute, The Ahmanson Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation ARC, Creative Capacity Fund, Next Gen Arts Grant, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, The Dutch Cultural Consulate, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Foundation for Contemporary Art, and Creative Capital. He has been awarded a MacDowell Fellowship, and other residencies at REDCAT, Yaddo, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Headlands Center for the Arts, Abrons Art Center, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, among others. He recently has given art talks about his work on collectivity at NYU Theater and Health Forum and CCA Annual Conference. Bonnell holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, for which he received the Lillian Disney Scholarship.
Learn about the the Director’s and Film Participants HERE.
Learn more about the Kesher movie production HERE and JFS’ Holocaust Survivor services HERE
The Kesher program is supported by a grant from The JFNA Center on Aging and Trauma.
JCC Members: FREE
General Community: $10.00
Zoom link will be emailed upon successful registration.