Outsider: Freud
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Film Screening
Admission: $15 |
Join YIVO for the New York premiere of Outsider: Freud, a journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud in four acts, combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts. The film explores Freud’s experiences of marginalization as a Jew in Vienna during Hitler’s rise and how these shaped his theories and personal life. Through an intimate lens, the film reveals new dimensions of Freud’s legacy, focusing on his impact on psychoanalysis, Judaism, and the power dynamics of being an outsider.
A Q&A with director Yair Qedar will follow the screening.
Watch the trailer:
About the Speaker
Yair Qedar is an Israeli documentary filmmaker, social activist and former journalist. In his project “the Hebrews,” he has been chronicling the lives of Jewish and Israeli figures of the modern Hebrew literary canon. Qedar’s 19 feature-length documentaries have all premiered at film festivals and have won the director over 30 prizes. Qedar is also a leading LGBTQ activist and created the first Israeli LGBTQ newspaper.