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THE DARKEST LIGHT

Online Screening
Monday, Nov 16, 2026 12:00 AM - Sunday, Nov 29, 2026 11:59 PM
 
Beloved singer, songwriter, and holy teacher Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach is posthumously accused of sexual abuse, triggering a reckoning and a call for healing across denominations of the Jewish faith.
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Film Details
Film Title in Original Language:The Darkest Light
Year:2026
Running Time:78
Language:English
German
Hebrew
Director:Simon Mendes
Executive Producer:Adrian Salpeter
Jewish Story Partners
Josh Green
Producer:Simon Mendes
Heidi Reinberg; Co-Producer: Jacqueline G. Tepper
Editor:Aimee Lyde
Cinematographer:Sam B. Jones
Composer:Henry Ross Bloomfield
Cast:Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
Asher Lovy
Dari Carlebach
Donna Zerner
Neila Carlebach
Neshama Carlebach
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
S.J. Schwaidelson
Rabbi Sara Shendelman
Sarah Blustain
Shaul Magid
Sheva Kuvet Hart
Susan Weidman Schneider
Rabbi Yankala Shemesh
Yossi Klein Halevi
Website:https://www.thedarkestlight.com/
DOC NYC
Event Years:2026
Festival Section:METROPOLIS COMPETITION
Film Genres:Activism
Archival
Community
Crime
Jewish
Music
NYC
Religion
Social Issues
Women and Girls
Programmer: Jaie Laplante, Artistic Director