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April 2008
Thursday 3 April 2008
Thu 3 Apr, 7 pm. Brandeis University, Lown 2, MS053, Waltham, 02454. Sharon P. Rivo, Executive Director, 781-899-7044, rivo@brandeis.edu. National Center for Jewish Film - [events]
THU | APRIL 3 | 7:00 PM Ninas Resa Sweden | 2006 | 120 min | Swedish with English subtitles Director/Writer: Lena Einhorn New England Premiere Special Guest: Shula Reinharz, Director Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Lena Einhorn’s stunning adaptation of her book chronicling her mother’s teenage years coming of age in the Warsaw Ghetto won the Swedish “Oscars” for Best Picture and Best Screenplay. A suspenseful story of defiance and luck, survival and escape, this innovative feature film is punctuated by interviews with the subject herself.