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SUMMARY:Documentary Film: "Big Sonia"
DESCRIPTION:Gesa Power House Theatre will screen the documentary film “Big Sonia” on International Holocaust Remembrance Day\, Saturday\, January 27\, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Representatives from Congregation Beth Israel of Walla Walla (Pat Henry\, Richard Middleton-Kaplan\, James Winchell) will introduce the film and host a short Q&A discussion following the screening. \n \nBig Sonia Festival Teaser from Inflatable Film on Vimeo. \nStanding tall at 4’8″\, Sonia is one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors in Kansas City and one of the only survivors there who speaks publicly about her wartime experience. Sonia’s enormous personality and fragile frame mask the horrors she endured. At 15 she watched her mother disappear behind gas chamber doors. Sonia’s teenage years were a blur of concentration camps and death marches. On liberation day\, she was accidentally shot through the chest\, yet again miraculously survived. Sonia is the ultimate survivor\, a bridge between cultures and generations. Her story must never be forgotten. \nFor years\, Sonia Warshawski (91) has been an inspirational public speaker at schools and prisons\, where her stories of surviving the Holocaust as a teenager have inspired countless people who once felt their own traumas would leave them broken forever. But when Sonia is served an eviction notice for her iconic tailor shop (in a dead mall)\, she’s confronted with an agonizing decision: either open up a new shop\, or retire. Ironically\, Sonia’s shop is the last open business in an otherwise desolate Kansas City mall\, but it contains enough color and liveliness to make up for the entire empty complex. For a woman who admits she stays busy “to keep the dark parts away”\, facing retirement dredges up fears she’d long forgot she had\, and her horrific past resurfaces. \n“Big Sonia” explores what it means to be a survivor and how inter-generational trauma affects families and generations. Will you let your trauma define you? Or will your past make you stronger? \n“Such a beautiful documentary…an unexpected and vital exploration in a time we need it most. I love Sonia!”\n­‐ Rosie O’Donnell \nAwards:\nGrand Jury Prize: Best Documentary\, Barcelona International Film Festival\, 2017\nBest Film / Audience Award\, Cleveland International Film Festival\, 2017\nBest Documentary\, Wilbur Award for Religious Communicators\, 2017\nBest Documentary\, Napa Film Festival\, 2016\nAudience Award\, Napa Film Festival\, 2016\nBest Heartland Documentary\, Kansas City Film Festival\, 2017\nAARP Movies For GrownUps Nominee\, 2017\nBest Documentary / Audience Award\, Monadnock International Film Festival\, 2017\nAudience Award\, Seattle Jewish Film Festival\, 2017\nAudience Award\, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival\, 2017\nAudience Award\, Mendocino Film Festival\, 2017\nShanghai International Film Festival (only US-­‐made doc in competition)\, 2017\nAudience Award\, Berkshire Jewish Film Festival\, 2017\nBest Local Film\, Movie Trip Cinema (Kansas City)\, 2017 \nReserved seating tickets ($15 Adults\, $10 Students) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500.\nRSVP on Facebook \n# # # \nWant to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Become a Gesa Power House Theatre Member (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list! \n\nThe 2018 Gesa Power House Theatre Season receives support from: \n   \nKAPP-KVEW TV\, Inland Cellular\, McCurley Integrity Toyota of Walla Walla\, Pacific Power \n\nAre you visiting from out of town? Stay at our partner hotel! \n\nsave 15% when you show your ticket stub to a Gesa Power House Theatre show during check-in at Marcus Whitman Hotel & Conference Center
URL:https://phtww.org/show/documentary-film-big-sonia/
LOCATION:Gesa Power House Theatre\, 111 North 6th Avenue\, Walla Walla\, WA\, 99362\, United States
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