The Performance Film screening with Director Shira Piven

_The Performance,_ based on the short story by Arthur Miller, premiere feature
film starring Emmy Award® winner Jeremy Piven (_Entourage_). Followed by a Q&A
with director Shira Piven.

**About the Film:** In 1937, while on a European tour, American Jewish tap
dancer Harold May is scouted by a German attaché to headline an exclusive
performance in Berlin for a VIP guest. Writer/director Shira Piven examines
just how far one hungry performer will go to perform.
_Presence: Stories_ by Arthur Miller will be available for purchase during
Book Fair.

“Director Shira Piven’s impressive adaptation and expansion of a 2002 Arthur
Miller short story offers timely observations about manipulating masses.” –
Joe Leydon, Variety

**In-person at The J** ticketed event: $18. Enjoy 20% off Arthur Miller’s book
of short stories when purchased with film ticket.

**Silver Book Sponsor:** Henry & Delia Meyers Library
**Bronze Book Sponsor:** The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History
Archive
**Sponsors:** The Berman Center for the Performing Arts; Detroit Jewish Film
Festival

Organized by: The J, The Detroit Jewish Book Fair, Henry and Delia Meyers
Library

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