The film traces the journey of Stephanie Nyombayire, a young Rwandan anti-genocide activist who teams up with Sir Martin Gilbert, the renowned Holocaust historian, to travel across 15 countries interviewing survivors and descendants of the diplomats who rescued thousands of Jews from the Nazis.
Synopsis
The film traces the journey of Stephanie Nyombayire, a young Rwandan anti-genocide activist who teams up with Sir Martin Gilbert, the renowned Holocaust historian, to travel across 15 countries interviewing survivors and descendants of the diplomats who rescued thousands of Jews from the Nazis.
Film Festivals, Screenings & Awards:
New York Int’l Film Festival – 2011- Winner Best Historical Documentary
Palm Springs Int’l Film Festival – 2011 – Winner ‘Best of the Fest’
Palm Beach Int’l Film Festival – 2011 – Winner Best Documentary
Beloit Int’l Film Festival – 2011 – Winner Best Documentary, Best Soundtrack
Monaco Int’l Film Festival – 2011 – Winner Best Narration Documentary, Feature Film Humanitarian Award
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
Montreal World Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
Boston Film Festival – 2011- Official Selection
AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs Doc Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
Film Society of Lincoln Center – 2011 – Official Selection
Athena Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
Miami Jewish Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
Kansas City Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
UK Jewish Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
Seattle Int’l Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
Jewish Eye World Jewish Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
Hartford Jewish Film Festival – 2012 – Official Selection
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
NAACP Image Awards – 2011 – Official Selection
NAACP Image Awards – 2012 – Nominee, Outstanding Documentary
Cleveland Int’l Film Festival – 2012 – Winner, Focus on Filmmaker
Buffalo Jewish Film Festival – 2012 – Official Selection
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – 2011 – Official Selection
Detroit Jewish Film Festival – 2012 – Official Selection
Portland Jewish Film Festival – 2012 – Official Selection
IMAGE AWARD Outstanding Documentary – 2012 – Official Selection
Zagreb Jewish Film Festival – 2012 – Official Selection
Year
2011
Director
Michael King
Writers
Michael King and Anthony Edward Valetta
Producers
David Broder … line producer: UK
Fabio Canepa … line producer: Italy
Arturas Dvinelis … line producer: Lithuania
Edward Flaherty … line producer: France
Dwjuan F. Fox … co-producer
Dan Hooker … line producer
Michael King … producer
Joyce Mandell … executive producer
Roopesh Parekh … line producer: UK
Yvonne Russo … co-producer
Anna Závorszky … line producer: Hungary
Cinematography
Anka Malatynska
Sander Snoep
Editing
George Artope