Who Will Write Our History

Saturday Jan 19, 2019 7:15pm

Film Screening and Q&A

co-sponsored by YIVO

Admission: $16
Seniors & children: $13

Tickets available through Quad Cinema

A film from Roberta Grossman and Nancy Spielberg

The 7:15pm screening on Saturday, January 19 features an introduction by Jonathan Brent (YIVO Executive Director & CEO). Following the movie, there will be a Q&A with Roberta Grossman (Director), Nancy Spielberg (Executive Director) & Sam Kassow (author of the book Who Will Write Our History).

With a wealth of archival footage and detailed re-enactments, this film recounts the incredible story of Emanuel Ringelblum, who secretly led a team of writers and intellectuals to preserve a vibrant Jewish culture in the Warsaw Ghetto shortly after the Nazis took over. What resulted was a startlingly deep and diverse portrait of European Jewish life, as the Oyneg Shabes Archive made an invaluable contribution to the historical record. Based on the book by Samuel Kassow. An Abramorama release.

96 minutes. In English, Yiddish, and Polish with English subtitles.

Exclusive NY engagement
Playing at Quad Cinema January 18 – January 24, 2019

Official selection: New York Jewish Film Festival

“Arguably the most important Holocaust story never told.” —Tablet

CRITIC’S PICK! “A vital Holocaust documentary… Heartbreaking.” —The New York Times