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JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience

Documentary • 2024 • 23m

This captivating short documentary uncovers the real-life origin story of comic books and superheroes, created by pioneering Jewish Americans from World War II to the present day, as colorful and thrilling as the comics themselves!

Director: Tony Kim
Writers: Roy Schwartz, Tony Kim

Producers: Roy Schwartz, Tony Kim

Executive prodcuers: Tony Kim, Roy Schwartz, Miriam Eve Mora, Danny Fingeroth, Ilana Rosenbluth

Director of photography: Tal Kissos

Editor: Simon Wheeldon

Sound editor: Austin Krier

Production companies: TurnKey Pictures, Center for Jewish History

Distributor: JLTV - Jewish Life Television Network


Featuring: Danny Fingeroth, Eve Miriam Mora, Roy Schwartz​

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Awards

​DeRose-Hinkhouse Awards, Religion Communicators Council

2025 Winner

Video: Documentary/Educational - Single Work ​

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Huntington Film & TV Festival

2025 Winner

Best Documentary Short ​

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San Diego Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival

2025 Finalist

Best Documentary

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Select festivals & screenings

  • New York Times culture day, June 2026

  • Dayton Jewish International Film Festival, June 2026

  • Brown Media Group Film Festival, May 2026

  • Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival, May 2026

  • Miami Jewish Film Festival (MJFF), Jan. 2026

  • The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center, Sep. 2025​​

  • Cleveland Jewish FilmFest, Sep. 2025​

  • Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival, Aug. 2025​

  • San Diego Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF), July 2025​​​​

  • Flint Jewish Film Festival, May 2025​

  • MC3 (Motor City Comic Con), May 2025​

  • Made in Huntington Film & TV Festival, Apr. 2025​

  • Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival, Feb. 2025​​​​​

  • New York Comic Con (NYCC), Oct. 2024 (Premiere)

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© TurnKey Pictures & Roy Schwartz
For screenings please email roy@royschwartz.com

Comic Culture: An Xciting Conversation with Chris Claremont

TV special • 2026 • 29m

In this special episode of PBS series Comic Culture, guest interviewer Roy Schwartz speaks with famed X-Men writer Chris Claremont about his Jewish and other inspirations.

Director: Gabriel Sanders
Writer: Roy Schwartz

Producer: Roy Schwartz

Executive prodcuer: Terence Dollard

Director of photography: Jason Guillaume

Production companies: UNC Pembroke, Center for Jewish History

Distributor: PBS


Featuring: Chris Claremont, Roy Schwartz, Terence Dollard

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Comic Culture: The Jack Kirby Way

TV special • 2026 • 27m

In this special episode of the PBS series, Comic Culture travels to the Lower East Side of Manhattan for the dedication of Jack Kirby Way and explores the life of one of comics’ most influential creators.

Director: Terence Dollard

Writer: Terence Dollard

Producers: Roy Schwartz, Rand Hoppe

Camera: Anastasia Sitnikova

Production companies: UNC Pembroke, The Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center

Distributor: PBS


Featuring: Jim Starlin, Jim Steranko, Paul Levitz, Danny Fingeroth, Tracy Kirby, Jeremy Kirby, Jillian Kirby, Christopher Marte, Samantha Baskind, Miriam Mora, Rand Hoppe, Roy Schwartz, Terence Dollard

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