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SUMMARY:“A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings” Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:\nWashington\, D.C.-based filmmaker Aviva Kempner (co-direct
or\, co-producer) has been making award-winning documentaries about unde
rknown Jewish heroes and social justice for more than forty-four years.
Aviva recently completed A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings
(2023)\, which chronicles the heroism of the two Ciesla Foundation name
sakes\, Helen Ciesla Covensky and David Chase&mdash\;siblings who surviv
ed the Holocaust separately and managed to reunite after the war.\n\nThe
Ciesla Foundation was founded in 1979 by filmmaker Aviva Kempner\, who
serves as the executive director. Ciesla&rsquo\;s films have received nu
merous honors and awards including top honors from the National Society
of Film Critics\, the New York Film Critics Circle\, the Broadcast Film
Critics Association\, a George Foster Peabody Award\, The Ken Burns Awar
d\, and CINE Golden Eagle Awards.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la
.psu.edu/event/jsp-apomatts_012424/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Washington, D.C
.-based filmmaker Aviva Kempner (co-director, co-producer) has been maki
ng award-winning documentaries about underknown Jewish heroes and social
justice for more than forty-four years. Aviva recently completed A P
ocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings (2023), which chronicle
s the heroism of the two Ciesla Foundation namesakes, Helen Ciesla Coven
sky and David Chase—siblings who survived the Holocaust separately
and managed to reunite after the war.
The Ciesla Foundation was f
ounded in 1979 by filmmaker Aviva Kempner, who serves as the executive d
irector. Ciesla’s films have received numerous honors and awards i
ncluding top honors from the National Society of Film Critics, the New Y
ork Film Critics Circle, the Broadcast Film Critics Association, a Georg
e Foster Peabody Award, The Ken Burns Award, and CINE Golden Eagle Award
s.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/jsp-apomatts_012424/
LOCATION:Penn State Hillel
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