STARS OF DAVID The Second Annual Brooklyn Israel Film Festival kicks off this week. One highlight is a screening of “Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer” (1955), the first movie produced in the newly formed state of Israel (tonight, 8 p.m.). The festival also includes screenings of “Walk on Water” and “Promises,” along with a movie poster exhibit and accompanying lecture titled “Jewish Heroes and Heroines in Israel War of Independence Films” (Sunday, 4 p.m., free). Festival: Thursday through Sunday, times vary, Kane Street Synagogue, 236 Kane St. at Tompkins Place, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, 718-875-1550, $10 each film.

WORKING BLUE Paul Schrader’s “Blue Collar” (1978), in which Richard Pryor stars as a Detroit auto worker, is screened as the first event in a series presented as a tribute to Pryor. Next month, actress Lonette McKee, comedian Paul Mooney, and cultural historian Mel Watkins participate in a panel discussion on Pryor’s legacy (Friday, February 24, 7:30 p.m., $18 general, $12 members) and more of Pryor’s screen work will be shown. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 seniors and students, free for members.

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