The 11th Annual Kansas City Jewish Film Festival will be held March 28-April 4 in Overland Park, Kansas, a western suburb of the greater Kansas City area. Opening night film and reception, “A Secret” about a boy learning of his family’s secret will be held at the Glenwood Arts Theater, 95th and Metcalf, Overland Park, with all other films to be held at the Rio Theater, 80th and Metcalf in downtown Overland Park. Both theaters are part of the Fine Arts Group.

This year’s films include “Holy Land Hardball” a documentary about Israel’s first professional baseball team, “Blessed is the Match” a documentary on resistance fighter Hannah Senesh, “Leaving the Fold” concerning leaving an Orthodox world, “Praying for Lior“ about living with a person with Down’s Syndrome, “Praying in Her Own Voice” about a woman’s place in Jewish Temple prayer and “Sixty Six,” a humorous look at a boy planning his own Bar Mitzvah in the 1960’s.

Tickets are available online at www.fineartsgroup.com or 913-327-8000. Ticket prices range from individual shows at $8, Opening Night at $16 which includes the reception, or a Series Pass for $50 that includes Opening Night.  For more information check the web site listed above or follow this link.