A film in which an imaginary Adolf Hitler is played by a Polynesian Jew? Only one person has the balls to pull this off. Taika Waititi’s anti-hate satire makes fun of nazi-Germany and its hitlerjugend in his newest film, Jojo Rabbit. Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis),a teenage boy who wants to become the best fascist there …
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Flipping off the Führer: JIFF Announces ‘Jojo Rabbit’ First Australian Screenings
The Jewish International Film Festival (23 October – 21 November) announces a special Australian preview of Fox Searchlight Pictures’ Jojo Rabbit, the highly-anticipated World War II satire by Oscar-nominated director Taika Waititi, as the Festival’s Closing Night film. Jojo Rabbit will have its first Australian screenings on Wednesday 20 November at Classic Cinemas, Elsternwick in Melbourne, and on Thursday 21 November at Ritz …
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First official ‘Jojo Rabbit’-trailer jumps online
Last month, Fox Searchlight gave us a little teaser to get us excited for Taika Waititi’s (Thor Ragnarok) newest project. Today, we get a full trailer look at this anti-hate satire. Jojo Rabbit tells the story of a young boy in Hitler’s army, who finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their …
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