TORONTO
,
Oct. 27
/CNW/ - The North American première of the feature film Irena Sendler's Children (orig. Dzieci Ireny Sendlerowej) will be held in
Toronto
,
Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009
, at
2:00 pm
at the Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West, with Emmy award-winning producer, director and co-author,
John Kent Harrison
present to discuss his experiences in making this moving epic.
Starring Oscar winners
Anna Paquin
and
Marcia Gay Hayden
and celebrated Polish actress Danuta Stenka, it's the true story of 2007 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who smuggled 2500 Jewish children out of the
Warsaw
ghetto and saved their lives. Arrested and tortured by the Nazis, Sendler was rescued just before her execution and lived in
Poland
until her death at 98. Yad Vashem recognized her as Righteous Among the Nations.
Canadian Emmy-Award winning filmmaker Harrison is known for big budget American TV movies and international miniseries, among which: Pope
John Paul
II, Helen of Troy, A Bear Named Winnie, What the Deaf
Man Heard
. Back in
Toronto
, where his first feature film also premiered, Harrison will be joined by Renata Zajdman, a consultant on the film, who was one of the saved children and became a close friend of Sendler's. A delegation of Righteous Among the Nations from
Poland
will also be present.
In Polish with English subtitles, the film is presented by the Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation of
Canada
as part of Holocaust Education Week with free public admission.
For further information: For interviews/information: Eliane Labendz, (416) 960-4949 ([email protected]) or Peter Jassem, (416) 427-4411 ([email protected])
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