UnBroken + WATCHING WALTER (Short)

IN ATTENDANCE: STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY, BETH LANE, MITCH YAPKO, MARK DYLAN BROWN and CYNTHIA GRAVINESE BROWN

Stephen Tobolowsky will moderate the Q&A.

UNBROKEN

The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, filmmaker Beth Lane, embarks on an international quest to uncover answers about the plight of her mother and six siblings who escaped Nazi Germany. The powerful documentary chronicles the seven Weber siblings who evaded certain capture and death, and ultimately escaped Nazi Germany following their mother’s incarceration and M**der at Auschwitz. After being hidden in a laundry hut by a benevolent farmer, the children spent two years on their own in war torn Germany. Emboldened by their father’s mandate that they ‘always stay together,’ the children used their own cunning and instincts to fight through hunger, loneliness, rape, bombings and fear. Their journey culminates with a painful ultimatum, when, separated from their father, they are told that they must declare themselves as orphans in order to escape to a new life in America. Unbeknownst to them, this salvation would become what would finally tear them apart, not to be reunited for another 40 years. UnBroken is Beth Lane’s feature debut, written by Lane and Aaron Soffin. Presented with our friends at 3 Stars Jewish Cinema. 96mins.

The program will be followed by an on-stage conversation with filmmaker Beth Lane moderated by Stephen Tobolowsky.

WATCHING WALTER

Set in both 1995 Philadelphia and World War II Nazi occupied Poland, and based on the true story of Holocaust survivor-turned watchmaker Wladyslaw “Walter” Wojnas, WATCHING WALTER is a slice of life story that touches on several poignant moments in Wojnas life during those times. It’s a story of triumph over tragedy and is all too relevant in today’s turbulent international climate. Directed by Mitch Yapko, written by Mark Dylan Brown and produced by Yapko, Brown and Cynthia Gravinese-Brown, the film stars Stephen Tobolowsky. 17mins.

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