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Wednesday, January 17 at 7:00pm O Cinema South Beach

USA | 100 minutes | 2023

Resistance: They Fought Back

Southeast US Premiere

For decades, the world believed that Jews faced their fate passively during the Holocaust, much like sheep to the slaughter. This ambitious and groundbreaking film unveils a different story, shedding light on the heroic stories of Jews who actively resisted their oppressors. They engaged in over 60 armed uprisings in ghettos, 25 within concentration and slave labor camps, numbered in the thousands among partisan units in the forests of Europe, and joined in non-violent resistance campaigns against the Nazis. Resistance: They Fought Back travels to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, and the U.S. to illuminate the forgotten, and largely unknown, stories of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust — and honors the fighters' soulful bravery and leadership. Through interviews with historians, survivors, and their families, the film belies a long-held myth and shines a new light on a lost chapter of history.

The special premiere event will feature director Paula S. Apsell in attendance to introduce the film and participate in a Q&A afterward.

Director's Bio

Directed by Paula S. Apsell & Kirk Wolfinger

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Paula S. Apsell was the senior executive producer of the PBS NOVA science series. During her tenure, NOVA won every major broadcasting award, including the Emmy, the Peabody, and an Academy Award nomination for Special Effects. In 2018, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Kirk Wolfinger is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and President of Lone Wolf Media, a leader in factual entertainment and is responsible for many award-winning nationally broadcast documentaries on PBS as well as the National Geographic, History and Smithsonian Channels, and more than 25 documentaries for the science series NOVA.

Cast and Credits

Director

Paula S. Apsell & Kirk Wolfinger

Screenwriter

Paula Apsell, Jay Owens

Cinematographer

Adam Costa, Ezra Wolfinger

Editor

Tony Bacon

Cast

Joel de la Fuente, Lisa Loeb, Andrew Kishino, Mark Zeisler

Film Info

Year

2023

Country

USA

Run-time

100 minutes

Language

English
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