The National Center for Jewish Film’s Jewishfilm.2015 – “My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes”

May 5, 2015 $10.00 - $12.00

BOSTON PREMIERE – WITH SPECIAL GUESTS. An estimated 80 percent of Italy’s Jews survived WWII thanks, in part, to Italian citizens who risked their lives defying the Nazis to save their Jewish neighbors. Among the figures spotlighted by Oscar-nominated documentarian Oren Jacoby (Constantine’s Sword) is Tour de France cycling champion Gino Bartali, who hid a Jewish family in his home and smuggled fake identity documents in his bicycle frame on behalf of monasteries sheltering Jews. Other remarkable stories include that of Dr. Giovanni Borromeo who invented a fictitious disease to protect the Rome hospital where he was hiding Jews. Narrated by Isabella Rossellini.

Guests: Director Oren Jacoby and James Carroll, Boston Globe columnist & author Constantine’s Sword

Dir: Oren Jacoby | USA | 2014 | 93m | English & Italian w/ English subtitles

CO-PRESENTED BY: Facing History and Ourselves
SPONSORS: Israel Campus Roundtable; Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at BU

Screening as part of
The National Center for Jewish Film’s
18th Annual Film Festival
JEWISHFILM.2015
April 30-May 15

Tickets: www.jewishfilm.org

Event Location: West Newton Cinema
1296 Washington Street MA, Newton, Massachusetts, 02465

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When
Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Price
$12.00 General
$10.00 Senior/Student

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