The Dryden will screen Futures Past (Jordan Melamed, U.S. 2016, 89 min., English) as part of the Rochester Jewish Film Festival (RJFF).

Commodity trader turned filmmaker Jordan Melamed returns to his former life as the Chicago trading pits are threatened with extinction. Open outcry, the 150-yearold tradition of traders shouting out their orders, is being silenced by computer trading. Jordan's father, Leo Melamed, is the chairman emeritus of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the man responsible for changing the way the world trades. As Jordan gives us a crash course in the secret code on the trading floor, a long-dormant battle between father and son erupts, echoing the shouting in the pits. Jordan is determined to heal the wounds with his father before the pits are silenced forever.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Jul-2]