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Film Screening: "They Survived Together" with Director John Rokosny
On Wednesday, November 8 at 7 p.m. in the library's Mackay Room, Director John Rokosny will visit the library in the screening of his award-winning Holocaust documentary "They Survived Together" as part of the library's commemoration of Kristallnacht.
A Q & A with Rokosny will follow the film.
“They Survived Together” is a harrowing and inspirational film that traces the story of the Neiger family, one of the only families to escape and survive the Holocaust together. Showing old photographs and newspaper clippings, along with historical and archival film footage, the family takes turns sharing their recollections of one of the most terrifying experiences in history. They described living a peaceful life in a tight-knit Jewish community in Krakow, Poland, before the Nazis invaded and changed their lives forever. The siblings, consisting of Basia, Tosia, Hanka, Ben, and Cesia, recalled how their parents, Herman and Sarah, “miraculously” saved the family, helping them to escape the ghetto in 1943. As all of their friends and family were being murdered, their parents decided that they would choose the way they died if they indeed did not survive. Their mother said, “We will survive together as a family or not at all.”
Q & A with Director John Rokosny to follow.
John Rokosny is the founder of the production company New York Music & Video. He has produced two feature documentaries for television, The Last Poets for Bravo Network and 7th Inning Stretch for ESPN, the latter featured Bruce Springsteen among many other baseball and Rock 'N Roll stars.
Winner for Best Historical Documentary, New York Emmy’s 2022
Winner: Best Documentary Feature – Chicago Indie Film Awards
Winner: Best Directors – Euro Film Festival Geneva
Winner: Best US Documentary – International Golden Age Festival
Winner: Best Documentary Feature – SoCal Film Awards
Official Selection –2022 Miami Jewish Film Festival Audience Award
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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2018393-0
