Sun, Mar 18
03:30PM
Sun, Mar 18
03:30PM
16th annual ny sephardic jewish film festival
THREE PROMISES shown with EMPTY BOXCARS
THREE PROMISES: THE STORY OF THE KALEFS OF BELGRADE
Directors: Edward Serotta, Wolfgang Els, Stefan Sablic. Vienna 2011, 18 mins.
During the Holocaust more than 90% of Serbia’s Jewish families were destroyed. This is the story of one -- Dona Bat Kalef and her daughters, Breda and Matilda. We are taken back into the Sephardic world of Jewish Belgrade before the war. Father Andrej Tumpej, a Catholic priest, hid Dona, Breda and Matilda under false names and had the girls sing in his choir every day to chase away the fear and hunger. After the war, Breda Kalef became Yugoslavia’s most famous mezzo soprano, and she saw to it that Father Tumpej would receive his Righteous Gentile award from Israel’s Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem.
followed by
EMPTY BOXCARS
Director: Ed Gaffney. USA 2011, 82 mins.
Gaffney’s powerful film explores the dark side of Bulgarian anti-Semitism, as well as the saving of Bulgaria’s 48,000 Jews. Former president, Petar Stoyanov, pays tribute to the role of certain Bulgarians in saving the Jews. Yet he also notes the 11,000 murders on the occupied territories (Thrace and Macedonia). Post-screening discussion with Ed Gaffney and others to be announced.
Directors: Edward Serotta, Wolfgang Els, Stefan Sablic. Vienna 2011, 18 mins.
During the Holocaust more than 90% of Serbia’s Jewish families were destroyed. This is the story of one -- Dona Bat Kalef and her daughters, Breda and Matilda. We are taken back into the Sephardic world of Jewish Belgrade before the war. Father Andrej Tumpej, a Catholic priest, hid Dona, Breda and Matilda under false names and had the girls sing in his choir every day to chase away the fear and hunger. After the war, Breda Kalef became Yugoslavia’s most famous mezzo soprano, and she saw to it that Father Tumpej would receive his Righteous Gentile award from Israel’s Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem.
followed by
EMPTY BOXCARS
Director: Ed Gaffney. USA 2011, 82 mins.
Gaffney’s powerful film explores the dark side of Bulgarian anti-Semitism, as well as the saving of Bulgaria’s 48,000 Jews. Former president, Petar Stoyanov, pays tribute to the role of certain Bulgarians in saving the Jews. Yet he also notes the 11,000 murders on the occupied territories (Thrace and Macedonia). Post-screening discussion with Ed Gaffney and others to be announced.
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16th annual ny sephardic jewish film festival
