THE
WAVE
– 42 MIN
February
6 and March 13, 2010
To explain to his students the
atmosphere in the 1930's Nazi-Germany, history teacher Burt Ross
initiates a daring experiment.
WEAPONS
OF THE SPIRIT
– 38 MIN
February
7, 2010
The
story of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a small village in south central
France, and how its 5,000 Christian citizens responded to the Nazi
policy of discrimination.
PURPLE
TRIANGLES
– 28 MIN
February
13, 2010
A discussion with the Kusserow family about being
Jehovah Witnesses during Nazi Germany and their persecution for
their belief including being sent to concentration camps.
NOT
IN OUR TOWN
– 30 MIN
February
14 and March 6, 2010
A true story about how a diverse
community in Billings, Montana stands together against the
shameful actions that have been happening in their town.
ONE
OUT OF TEN
– 42 MIN
February
20 and March 28, 2010
From 1939 to 1945 over six million of
the nine million Jews in Europe were targeted and mass-murdered by
the Nazis in the greatest tragedy to unfold in the 20th century.
For every one child who lived, nine others did not. “One out
of Ten” is a documentary that tells the stories of those few
children who survived.
PLUM BLOSSOM IN SNOW – 51 MIN – followed by a discussion with Christopher Smith, Falun Dafa practitioner and coordinator of Falun Dafa activities in New Mexico
February 21 and March 20, 2010
This
documentary is the story of Australian Yhizhen Dai. Her beloved
husband Chen Chengyong, was persecuted to death in China for his
belief in and support for Falun Gong, an ancient form of qigong an
internal Chinese meditative practice.
Falun Dafa (also
known as Falun Gong) is a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline
based on the principles of 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance'
that is Buddhist in nature. It brings together meditation, energy
exercises, and moral teachings as a means of cultivating the mind
and body. This peaceful practice and its practitioners and
supporters are currently being brutally persecuted in
China.
Christopher will discuss Plum
Blossom in Snow
and the decade-long brutal persecution of Falun Dafa continuing in
China today.
WE
WERE MARKED WITH A BIG A
– 44 MIN
February
27, 2010
Little is known about the Nazi persecution of
homosexuals. Gay survivors tell their stories of their arrests and
incarceration in camps.
THE
LAST DAYS
– 87 MIN
February
28, 2010
The
story of five Hungarian
Jews
during the Holocaust.
It focuses on the horrors of life in the concentration
camps
and also stresses the optimism and the desire to survive.
MORE
THAN BROKEN GLASS: MEMORIES OF KRISTALLNACHT
– 60 MIN
March
7, 2010
A portrait of the times and events leading to the
November 1938 “Night of Broken Glass” when German
synagogues were looted and burned along with Jewish homes and
businesses.
THE
FREEDOM WRITERS
– 123 MIN
March
14, 2010
The true story of a dedicated California teacher
who finds a unique way to unify her disadvantaged and racially
divided students. To improve their grasp of academics, she has
them keep journals about their violent, troubled lives.
THE
DOUBLE CROSSING:
THE VOYAGE OF THE ST. LOUIS
– 60 MIN
March
21, 2010
More than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany
in 1939 on the SS St. Louis were denied entry to Cuba and the
United States and forced to return to Europe. The documentary
addresses racism, quota systems for refugees and immigration
policies.
AUSCHWITZ:
IF YOU CRIED YOU DIED
– 25 MIN
March
27, 2010
A chronicle of the journey of two Holocaust
survivors as they revisit the hell they knew as Auschwitz. The
documentary illustrates how the prejudice, intolerance and
violence that characterized the Holocaust provide timely lessons
for all of us today.