Sponsored by Esther Bone Memorial Library, Rio Rancho, NM – all films are free to the public
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Diary of Anne Frank Date:
Saturday, February 6, 2010 |
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This is the autobiographical drama of a young Dutch Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis during World War II. Anne Frank and her family share a claustrophobic attic with another family. Tension is often unbearable, as the people hiding know that their discovery by the enemy could lead to almost certain death at the hands of their captors. The story is told from the narrative perspective of Anne, a young girl hoping to live to womanhood. |
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Defiance Date:
Saturday, February 13, 2010 |
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Defiance stars Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, and George MacKay as four Jewish brothers from Belarus who escaped Nazi persecution and fought back to rescue fellow Jews. |
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Schindler’s List Date:
Saturday, February 20, 2010 |
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Schindler's List is a 1993 American drama film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Polish Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. |
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