Film Screening

The Long Island Portuguese Lions Club presents a screening of the award-winning film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story at Mineola High School.  Q&A will be led by Olivia Mattis, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation.  Come learn about a true Portuguese hero and be inspired!  Refreshments available for purchase.

Tickets $10 available at the door.

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami presents a two-part program in honor of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, beginning with this March 11 screening of the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Post-screening Q&A led by Robert Jacobvitz, Chair of the Advisory Council, Sousa Mendes Foundation.  Later in April, on the occasion of Yom Hashoah, the Genealogical Society will present Rebecca Barber, who will tell the gripping true story of how her mother and other family members were rescued by Sousa Mendes.

Anshe Emet Synagogue presents excerpts from the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story.  Paulette Freed, whose family was saved by Aristides de Sousa Mendes, will present the story of her family’s escape from Nazi-occupied Europe and her own pilgrimage to retrace her family’s footsteps to freedom.  To register for the event, and purchase optional memorial candles, please go here:  http://tinyurl.com/yomhashoah5778.

Millersville University presents a screening of the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story as part of the 35th Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide — “Holocaust and Genocide Trials.”  For the full conference program, please see http://www.millersville.edu/holocon/files/2018_mu_holocaust_conference_program.pdf.

Temple Israel of New Rochelle presents a screening of the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Post-screening Q&A led by Leah Rozenfeld Sills, Vice-President, Sousa Mendes Foundation.  For the event flyer with more information, please click here:  http://tinr.org/images/Holidays_pdfs_and_images/The_Sousa_Mendes_Story_Movie_2018.pdf.

The Miami-Dade Public Library System presents Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story.  Screening will be followed by Q&A led by Robert Jacobvitz, Chair of the Advisory Council, Sousa Mendes Foundation.. This program is co-sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami and the Sousa Mendes Foundation.

The Portuguese Embassy in Washington, DC is hosting a free film screening at the historic Avalon Theatre of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story.  Reception begins at 6:30, with the screening at 7:30.  After the film, stay for discussion and Q&A with Olivia Mattis, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation.  The event is free, but pre-registration is required.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum, in partnership with the Portuguese Consulate of New Bedford, MA, presents the exhibition, “These are my people!” —  The Story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes.  This 20-panel exhibition tells the gripping true story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes and the refugees he saved.

Also on view will be original artifacts such as passports with Sousa Mendes visas, toys carried by child refugees, and other items on loan from the Sousa Mendes Foundation and individual visa recipient families.

The exhibition opening will include a screening of the short documentary film With God Against Man directed by Semyon Pinkhasov.  The event is free, but pre-registration is required.

Following the free June 13th opening, the exhibition will remain on view until mid-July.  Regular museum admission rates apply.

The University of Miami presents a screening of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  A post-screening discussion will be led by Robert Jacobvitz, Chair of the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s Advisory Council.  Refreshments will be served.

The Community Church of Durham, NH presents the award-winning film, Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story.  Post-screening Q&A will be led by Dr. Douglas Wheeler, historian and expert on Portugal during World War II.  The event is free and open to the public.