Monument to Love -Press kit “Love is the greatest force in the world. It is stronger than religion, It is stronger than anything. If you love, you do. If you do not love, nothing will happen. With love, children are raised, with love, a bond is formed between two people. With love, we become parents […]
This documentary tells the life story and music of Niko Nissimov and his Jewish friends from the Bulgarian Jazz band, The Optimists. The movie charts their rise to stardom as a band in late 1930s Bulgaria. The beginning of WWII changed everything for them as Bulgaria joined the Axis powers. Anti-Jewish laws and restrictions brought […]
This documentary begins when Heather, a little girl with Down syndrome, is eight years old and in “special ed.” It follows her into the fourth grade in “regular school,” i.e., the general education classroom attended by the typical children of her age in her neighborhood. Step by Step: Heather’s Story is unique because it enables […]
The dramatic story of how 50,000 Bulgarian Jews survived the Holocaust despite the intense efforts of their government to deport them. The Optimists tells how people of all ethnic backgrounds stood by their Jewish neighbors, in times of persecution. Experience that offers valuable insight into how people can mobilize to defend human rights. “A rare documentary […]
Excerpt: This program about “outsider art” profiles three, self-taught Chicagoans. Each is a seeker–and discoverer–of hidden possibilities: in things thrown away, abandoned places, anonymous people, their younger selves. SYNOPSIS: Through a Glass, Lightly follows Mr. Imagination, David Philpot, and Kevin Orth as they search Chicago’s streets and alleys for the raw materials of their art. […]
Trailer: A one-hour documentary film about on-going struggles of children and grandchildren to come to grips with Nazi horrors suffered by their elders. The film focuses on Jerri Zbiral, the daughter of a survivor of the Nazi destruction of the Catholic village of Lidice, Czechoslovakia. Even though Jerri was born after the war, her mother’s […]