Overview
- Genre
- History and Personal Doc
- Synopsis
Berlin born Aviva Kempner chronicles her mother Hanka and uncle Dudek Ciesla's lives before and during World War II. From their idyllic Jewish upbringing in Poland through their survival of the Holocaust to their tearful reunion after the war, this moving documentary follows the incredible story of these loving siblings and the incredible lives they built in America as painter Helen Ciesla Covensky and businessman and philanthropist David Chase.
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 106 minutes
Credits
- Lucia Fox Shapiro ... Editor, Co-Writer, Researcher
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- The Ciesla Foundation
- Country
- United States
- Years of Production
- 2022-2023
- Locations
- Washington DC
- Prod. Partners
- Aviva Kempner
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2023
- Festivals
- JxJ Washington Jewish Film Festival, Berlin Jewish Film Festival, National Center for Jewish Film Festival
- Awards
- Audience Award for Best Doc at JxJ Washington Jewish Film Festival
- Language
- English
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