Annual Dayton Jewish International Film Festival

The Dayton Jewish International Film Festival offers outstanding world cinema that promotes awareness, appreciation and pride to the diversity of the Jewish people and to the community at large. Our goal is to educate and entertain through evocative, narrative and documentary films that portray the Jewish experience from historic to current global perspectives.

Schedule of Events:

7:15 pm: Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop

Location: The Neon, (130 E. 5th Street, Dayton, OH 45402)

Cost:
Individual Ticket: $12
Season pass: $110 (includes all films, except Bee Movie, which requires separate registration)

(United States, 2023, 92 minutes, English) Documentary

Coming of age can be difficult, but is always more bearable when you have someone who connects with you on a cellular level. Shari Lewis - a children's television pioneer before Fred Rogers, Jim Henson, and others - was one of those people. She was a dancer, singer, and magician, but was best known as the ventriloquist behind sock puppets Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy and, of course, Lamb Chop. This heartfelt and entertaining doc charts the life, loves, and career hits and misses of the spunky perfectionist who forever changed the face of children's television. Featuring ventriloquists she inspired and nostalgia-laden clips, this upbeat portrait brims, like Lewis, with warmth and charm. Shari and Lamb Chop are the tonic we all need to reconnect with our inner children, and celebrate pure imagination.