Into The Arms Of Starngers
USA - 90 minutes. Rated PG.
Sunday, July 22 at 4:00 pm
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Oscar winner for Documentary Feature.
Introduction by Stony Brook resident, Kurt Fuchel, one of the main “kinder” featured in the film.
Written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris. Produced by Deborah Oppenheimer. Having faced the worst evil that human beings are capable of, it has seemed necessary to pay compensatory attention to the persistence of kindness, bravery and resilience in monstrous circumstances. Into the Arms of Strangers, Harris’ stirring documentary, tells the story of a group of Jewish children from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia who were fortunate enough to escape, thanks to Kindertransport, which took 10,000 children to the safety of England in the late 1930s. The film rotates among archival film clips and photographs, discreet re-enactments and talking-head interviews, all of them held together by Lee Holdridge’s restrained, evocative score and Judi Dench’s voice-over narration. A Warner Brothers release.
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