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Thank you for making an online gift to the Jacob Burns Film Center. Your support will help the Film Center continue to present the best of independent, documentary, and world cinema, to develop cutting-edge educational programs for students of all ages, and to make film a vibrant part of the community.
Your support is greatly appreciated and we look forward to welcoming you to the Film Center often!
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Here's what our Supporters are saying about the JBFC...
"This series is one of the reasons I so value the Burns Center; it also brings awareness of the Center to a county-wide audience who probably rely on their local theatres or Netflix for most movies. Please continue to program this series every year."
- A JBFC Member who attended our 2009 "Out at the Movies" series.
"The evening with Lymelife, Alec Baldwin, Mr. Martini the director, and Janet Maslin was fabulous! Baldwin, whom I now have seen twice in person at the Burns, is an amazing guest. He seems so frank and real, and he's a natural-born comedian without even trying. I don't know how the Burns gets people like him, but keep on doing it, and I'll be there!"
- A Silver Screen Circle Member who attended a Preview Screening of Lymelife with guests Alec Baldwin and Derick Martini
"I was fortunate to see The Times of Harvey Milk, Waltz with Bashir, The Order of Myths, The Sari Soldiers, and The Linguists and enjoyed them enormously, especially the discussions that followed the screenings. The folks at The Burns continue to enrich our community beyond measure with unusual programming and I personally feel blessed to be a member. Thanks for all that you do and keep up the wonderful work."
- A Donor who attended our 2009 "Global Watch" series
"I haven't attended a program at the Burns that I didn't love. The Burns is World 101 - 201, etc.
Your programs have opened intellectual doors for me. I am so grateful to be a part of this.
Thank you and everyone else who has made this available."
- A JBFC Member who attended our 2009 "Global Watch" series
Here's what Students, Parents, Teachers, and the Community are saying about the JBFC...
“While we have always been impressed with the work of the Center, it was so wonderful for us to experience your educational programs “second hand” through our son's experience with WORLD CREW this summer. We have never seen him so engaged. Thanks in part to his experience he is hoping to pursue a career in film or video production when he graduates from college this May."
- A Parent of one of our WORLD CREW Students
“Can I buy a place here? Can I buy a bedroom so I can live here?”
- A Third Grade Student in our SEE HEAR FEEL FILM Program
"I volunteered at the See, Hear, Feel Film program to fulfill a fieldwork requirement in the Masters of Teaching program in which I am enrolled. What a fantastic experience it turned out to be for a teacher in training. The education staff at Jacob Burns is top-notch. I am so grateful to have been able to work with them and learn from them. They provided a safe, nurturing atmosphere where young students could feel free to take creative risks while at the same time providing challenging and engaging content. The experience was so wonderful that I continued to volunteer my time even after my fieldwork requirement was fulfilled."
- A SEE HEAR FEEL FILM Educational Facilitator