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Film screening at Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington, NY
The Cinema Arts Centre presents a screening of the documentary film, Nobody Wants Us (2019, dir. Laura Seltzer-Duny).
Synopsis: In 1940, a ship called the S.S. Quanza left the port of Lisbon carrying several hundred Jewish refugees to freedom. Most of them held life-saving visas issued by the Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes. But events went terribly wrong, and the passengers became trapped on the ship because no country would take them in. Nobody Wants Us tells the gripping true story of how Eleanor Roosevelt stepped in to save the passengers on board because of her moral conviction that they were not “undesirables” (as the US State Department labeled them) but rather, “future patriotic Americans.” This is an episode in American history that everyone needs to know.
Program: The event is part of the “Sunday Schmooze” film-and-discussion series at the Cinema Arts Centre hosted by Fred Craden. Schedule:
10 a.m. Bagel brunch.
11 a.m. Screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker Laura Seltzer-Duny and Olivia Mattis, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. Special guest: Gerald Mendes, grandson of Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
Cost: $15 for members; $20 for non-members.
Tickets: For more information and to purchase tickets, please click here.
Film screening in Vancouver, BC
The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival presents the award-winning docudrama Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story telling the dramatic true story of a daring and large-scale rescue action during World War II. Leading a post-film discussion will be Holocaust educator Myra Bard Michaelson.
Librarian Training Seminar on Long Island
In this workshop for Holocaust educators and librarians, Joan Arnay Halperin will be presenting her book, My Sister’s Eyes, dealing with how her family was saved during the war by Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese diplomat, who permitted thousands of desperate refugees safe passage via France from the Nazis. The role of Rescuers will be discussed. Who is considered a Righteous Among the Nations? Most importantly the difference individuals and communities can make when they believe in moral responsibility and right conduct. Note: This event is restricted to Long Island-based school librarians.
Event WebsiteVirtual Film and Discussion: Disobedience, The Sousa Mendes Story
You’re invited to join us for an online FILM AND DISCUSSION EVENT featuring the award-winning docudrama DISOBEDIENCE: THE SOUSA MENDES STORY by Joel Santoni and starring Bernard Le Coq as Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
THE SCHEDULE:
⇒ April 19-21, any time, RENT THE FILM for $4.99 (3-day rental, North America only) at:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/disobedience
⇒ April 19-21, any time, WATCH THE FILM on your home device. (more…)
Event WebsiteVirtual Film and Discussion: Nobody Wants Us
🎥✨🍿You’re invited to join us for an online FILM AND DISCUSSION EVENT featuring the new documentary “Nobody Wants Us” 🎥✨🍿
About the film
In 1940, a ship called the S.S. QUANZA left the port of Lisbon carrying several hundred Jewish refugees to freedom. Most of them held life-saving visas issued by the Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes. But events went terribly wrong, and the passengers became trapped on the ship when no country would accept them. Nobody Wants Us Film tells the gripping true story of how Eleanor Roosevelt stepped in to save the passengers on board, believing them to be “future patriotic Americans” rather than “undesirables” as labeled by the US State Department. This is an episode in American history that everyone should know!
Following the film, join Holocaust survivor and educator Miriam Klein Kassenoff and award-winning PBS producer and independent filmmaker Laura Seltzer-Duny for a discussion of this little-known episode in Holocaust history and its relevance for today. The discussion will be moderated by Olivia Mattis, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation.
More info at https://www.nobodywantsus.com/
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PURCHASE TICKET for $4.99 at THIS LINK
Our Virtual Screening Plan:
2:00 p.m. EST: We meet virtually to say hello via a Zoom link that we’ll send to all of the attendees.
2:15 p.m. EST: We watch the film.
3:00 p.m. EST: After the screening, we will discuss the film, its context and its relevance to today.
PLEASE NOTE: Registration will close on Wednesday, April 22 at 10 p.m. US Eastern time.
Event WebsiteVirtual Film and Discussion: Passports to Paraguay
*** PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED. ***
The Sousa Mendes Foundation presents Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, world expert on Holocaust rescue, and Ambassador Jakub Kumoch of Poland, who will discuss the film Passports to Paraguay.
Mother’s Day Book Talk with Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff and Joan Arnay Halperin
FREE EVENT — PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
You’re invited to join Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Holocaust educator and child refugee survivor, for a Mother’s Day dialogue with Joan Arnay Halperin, author of My Sister’s Eyes: A Family Chronicle of Rescue and Loss During World War II on the topics of love, loss, and survival. Q&A to follow. Please note that the time given is US Eastern Time.
Virtual Film and Discussion: Persona Non Grata
You’re invited to join us for an online film-and-discussion event about the award-winning feature film Persona Non Grata by Cellin Gluck and starring Toshiaki Karasawa as the Holocaust rescuer Chiune “Sempo” Sugihara.
Virtual Film and Discussion: Disobedience, The Sousa Mendes Story
You’re invited to join us for an online film-and-discussion event featuring the award-winning docudrama Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story by Joel Santoni and starring Bernard Le Coq as the Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
Virtual Film and Discussion: Truus’ Children, the story of a Dutch superwoman who saved innocent lives
Please join us for a sneak preview of the not-yet-released film Truus’ Children about the life-saving action of the Dutch rescuer Gertruuda (“Truus”) Wijsmuller (photo shown here). Her chutzpah brought her face to face with Adolf Eichmann, from whom she obtained permission in December of 1938 to save 600 Jewish children from Vienna. This was the first Kindertransport, in what eventually became a major operation that sent approximately 10,000 Jewish children to the United Kingdom from Germany, Austria, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. She was named Righteous Among the Nations in 1967, and yet her story is still barely known. This event is not to be missed!