Weapons of the Spirit

1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK

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Pierre Sauvage‘s acclaimed film Weapons of the Spirit tells the dramatic true story of the area of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, where as many as 5,000 Jews may have been sheltered by some 5,000 Christians during World War II. This is a story Sauvage was born to tell: born in Le Chambon as a hidden child in 1944, he returned to the village as an adult to probe and recount this unique “conspiracy of goodness.”

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“Astonishing. Olympian. Emotionally wrenching. Bulging with profound questions of morality, responsibility and religion.”
– Desmond Ryan, The Philadelphia Inquirer

“An absolutely extraordinary story. Could not be more timely… and yet in a hundred years it is likely to be timely still.”

– Tom Shales, The Washington Post

“An inquiry into the nature of goodness and a personal odyssey.  Moving and provocative.  Enormously uplifting.  What an extraordinary story.”
– David Ansen, Newsweek

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THE TRAILER

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THE SCHEDULE

⇒ July 9-12, watch Pierre Sauvage‘s film Weapons of the Spirit on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register.

⇒ Sunday, July 11 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time, tune into the program to watch an interview of the filmmaker by Bill Moyers from the 1980s along with highlights from a recent interview.  A link will be provided to all who register.

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THE FILMMAKER

Pierre Sauvage, an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, is one of a pioneering handful of experts on rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust — “righteous Gentiles” — and contends that they still have much to teach us. Born into hiding in Le Chambon, France, Sauvage was four when he and his parents moved to New York City in 1948, his parents choosing to hide the fact that they were Jewish. Described by Tablet magazine as “a filmmaker of rare moral perception,” Sauvage is the President of the Chambon Foundation. In addition to Weapons of the Spirit, his films include Not Idly By — Peter Bergson, America and the Holocaust, Yiddish: the Mother Tongue, and We Were There: Christians and the Holocaust. 

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Registration for this program is closed.

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This program is presented in partnership with the Chambon Foundation.