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Two big events! 3/5 “One Life” at Coolidge & 3/7 “999” at the Vilna.
Boston Jewish Film – bostonjfilm.org 
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Join Boston Jewish Film on Tuesday, March 5th, for a special preview of
One Life starring Oscar Winner Anthony Hopkins and based on an inspiring and courageous true story! |
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Tuesday, March 5, 7:00 PM
Screening at Coolidge Corner Theatre.
Tickets: $14.00 |
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One Life tells the incredible, emotional, true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton (played by Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick and Doreen Warriner of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children before Nazi occupation closes the borders. |
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Fifty years later, Nicky is haunted by the fate of the children he couldn’t bring to safety in England. It’s not until the BBC show
“That’s Life!” re-introduces him to some of those he helped rescue that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he carried – all the while skyrocketing from anonymity to a national hero. |
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The film is based on the biography written by his daughter, Barbara Winton. Find out more about Sir Nicholas Winton and view the list of children saved HERE. |
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Thursday, March 7th, don't miss the Boston premiere of the film
999, a riveting new documentary about the 999 Slovakian Jewish girls who were aboard the first official transport to Auschwitz. |
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Thursday, March 7, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Screening at The Vilna Shul, Boston.
Tickets: $18.00 |
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This documentary chronicles the untold story of 999 mostly teenage girls betrayed by their government. Told that by volunteering for “work,” they would fulfill their patriotic duty, these innocent young women willingly bid their families farewell. Under the cloak of deceit, they were transported on a one-way ticket to Auschwitz. The few who survived endured more than three years in the death camp. In the film, you’ll meet the last living survivors of the first Jewish transport and learn their story. |
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The screening will be followed by a discussion with Writer/Director Heather McDune Macadam and a performance of the Czech/Slovak musician team that composed the film’s score. |
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In partnership with The Vilna Shul.
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VIRTUAL: BJF Film Club –
Chariots of Fire
Wednesday, March 13
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Please join Boston Jewish Film for our March 2024 BJF Film Club virtual meetup to discuss the film
Chariots of Fire on Wednesday, March 13, at 7:00 PM in Zoom for a fun virtual conversation led by Boston Jewish Film board member Alex Sagan. Alex holds a doctorate from Harvard University. His academic work focuses on the Holocaust and film history.
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In the class-obsessed and religiously divided United Kingdom of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God’s glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes antisemitism and class bias but neglects his beloved sweetheart, Sybil, in his single-minded quest. |
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This discussion will take place via Zoom. Registration is required – the fee to attend is $2.00. You will receive the link to join the Zoom conversation in your registration confirmation email.
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In partnership with JCC Greater Boston.
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Donate by mail! Make your check payable to Boston Jewish Film and send to:
Boston Jewish Film, 333 Nahanton Street, 3rd Floor, Newton, MA 02459 |
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