Unbroken — One Family’s Story

1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK

On May 20, 1946, after fleeing Nazi Germany, the Weber siblings made headlines when they arrived in the United States by boat. The press reported with amazement that these seven Jewish siblings managed to survive the Holocaust together. But soon after, in a twist of fate, they were split up by the United States foster care system. More than forty years later, the siblings finally reunited, and began piecing together memories of their unlikely journey to freedom.

Best Documentary Premiere — Heartland International Film Festival

Audience Choice Best Documentary — Julien Dubuque International Film Festival

Audience Choice Best Documentary — River Run International Film Festival

Best First Time Filmmaker— Hot Springs Women’s International Film Festival

Audience Choice Best Documentary — Berkshire International Film Festival

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THE SCHEDULE

⇒ January 24-27, watch the film UnBroken on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register.

⇒ Sunday, January 26 at 4:00 p.m. US Eastern Time, tune into the program with our distinguished panel of speakers. A link will be provided to all who register.

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

Ginger Lane (right) is the youngest of the siblings whose story is told in UnBroken. She is an award-winning dancer and choreographer. She appeared in WTTW’s film Dance From The Heart, won a 3Arts Award and a UIC fellowship, was named one of Chicago’s notable women by the Mayor in 2022, and received a Distinguished Service to the Dance Field Award from See Chicago Dance. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Ronald McDonald House Charities, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and ReinventAbility. In 2008 she conceived and produced Counter Balance: the Power of Integrated Dance. She serves on the Cultural Advisory Council for the City of Chicago.

A life-long actress, Beth Lane (left) finally stepped on the other side of the camera with her feature documentary film, UnBroken, as executive producer, director, and writer. Her directorial debut premiered in Indianapolis in October 2023, followed by the West Coast premiere at the 24th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival and the East Coast premiere at the DOC NYC Film Festival. Beth established The Weber Family Arts Foundation, whose mission is to combat antisemitism, bigotry and hate through the arts by shining a light on stories of hope, courage and bravery. A museum exhibition is in the works as well as a one-woman play, titled LINA.

Aaron Soffin (right) is a documentary film editor whose award-winning films include Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested’s Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of Isis; DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus’ The Return of the War Room; Andrew Jacobs’ uplifting tale of a community of Holocaust survivors refusing to surrender their joie-de-vivre, Four Seasons Lodge; and Andrew Berends’ verité portraits of Iraqi families, Blood of My Brother and When Adnan Comes Home. He recently edited Ramona Diaz’ And So It Begins which premiered at Sundance and Beth Lane’s multiple audience-award winning portrait of her family history, UnBroken.

Jonathan Snipes (left) is a composer and sound designer for film, television and theater living in Los Angeles, and he composed the soundtrack to the film UnBroken. He teaches sound design in the theater and film departments at UCLA, and is a member of the rap group CLIPPING, an American experimental hip hop group with Daveed Diggs and William Huston. CLIPPING is currently signed to Sub Pop Records. Jonathan has served as a composer and sound editor within a wide variety of visual media, including documentaries, narrative films, short films, television, and music videos.

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Tickets are by donation ($18 suggested, tax-deductible).