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Soul Witness | Film by R. Harvey Bravman
April 19, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$25This is a special screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre of Soul Witness, a film by R. Harvey Bravman, The Brookline Holocaust Witness Project.
The documentary includes footage from approximately 80 hours of video interviews conducted by the Town of Brookline between 1990-1996 of residents who witnessed the Holocaust. Witnesses
describe their lives before the war, growing intolerance, their lives during the war and the affect their experiences still had on them at the time of the interviews. Some of these witnesses survived death camps, some hid, others fought in resistance movements and many saved the lives of others.
A special screening of Soul Witness, The Brookline Holocaust Witness Project, a work-in-progress documentary film based on those interviews sold out all 432 seats at the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s main playhouse in January.
The event will also feature:
• Video tribute to Regime Barshak and Leon Satenstein, founders of the Brookline Holocaust Memorial Project.
• Q&A sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves with Producer/Director R. Harvey Bravman, Brookline Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Lloyd Gellineau and family members of the witnesses featured in the film
Parents Strongly Cautioned – some material in this film may not be appropriate for children under 13.
Watch the trailer here:
Principal sponsors include Facing History and Ourselves, Brookline Community Foundation, Town of Brookline and Brookline Hub, Inc.
Tickets can be purchased here.
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