Naomi Schorsch Stein
Independent Filmmaker
Organization: Next Chapter Productions
Biography
I’m a Providence-based Jewish educator and administrator with over 30 years experience. In 2019 I pivoted to create Next Chapter Productions along with my sister Rebecca Schorsch. We are currently working on our first documentary film, And When Your Children Ask. The film is about German memory work, the struggle to overcome a violent legacy and the difficult path towards reconciliation.
For 13 years I worked at the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island as Director of Admissions, Marketing and Communications and Judaics teacher. As in my admissions career, the aspect of documentary filmmaking that excites me is hearing people’s stories. My desire is that our films remind people of the uniqueness and inherent worth of every individual, hopefully building empathy and strengthening our sense of interrelatedness. As a first-time filmmaker, I’ve been encouraged and inspired by the open, collaborative environment created by the many wonderful artists and professionals we’ve encountered.
Films
And When Your Children Ask (2024)
Role: Independent Filmmaker
And When Your Children Ask explores one German Jewish family’s spiritual and intellectual inheritance of beauty and pain. Drawing upon the intertwined history of German Jews and non-Jews, family lore, and ancient Jewish wisdom, Rebecca and Naomi Schorsch, sisters and filmmakers, poetically (re)imagine a traditional, expansive Jewish legacy committed to truth and repair.
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