When Avatar (2009) became the highest grossing movie of all time, it marked a high point in 3D cinema's turbulent history. Although 3D cinema draws in box-office takings that surpass 2D cinema, it continuously emerges and disappears as a passing fad. Experiments with 3D moving-images have been with us since the birth of cinema, and it is a form of visual expression already seen by billions of twenty-first century viewers, yet there is little understanding of how 3D cinema operates as an art form. We know that it simultaneously uses depth modes to approximate our visual reality and spectacular...

Based on the award-winning children's album of the same name, the Ora de Despertar (Time to Wake Up ) children's book is an all-original bilingual story in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) and English that highlights rituals of the morning and what to be thankful for upon waking up. Written by Sarah Aroeste and illustrated by Miriam Ross, the book includes a fresh, contemporary look at Sephardic culture and the relevance of Ladino today. Meant for children ages 0-5.