FILM | "Absent" Date: Sunday, September 16, 2018 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Location: Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St. Amherst, MA 01002 For over a century, Mărculeşti was a vibrant Jewish agricultural and mercantile community in Bessarabia (now present-day Moldova). In July 1941, the village was the site of an unimaginable atrocity. Seventy-four years later, few speak honestly about what happened. Absent is a cinematic portrait of the ghost village of Mărculeşti, its current inhabitants, and their complex relationship with history.USA, Romania, Switzerland, 2015, 71 mins., directed by Matthew Mishory, English, Russian, Romanian with English subtitlesCOST:Student | $4Member | $6General Admission | $8 Film provided by Iconoclast Media, www.iconoclasticmedia.com. PLEASE NOTE: Lineup is subject to change. All ticket sales are final, we cannot accommodate refunds or exchanges. We're sorry, the deadline for buying tickets for this event has passed. Return to Calendar