Children in Exile: Recollections of Children Deported to the Soviet Gulag
Chicago-based filmmaker Chris Swider discusses his award-winning documentary, and why he chose to focus on the youngest “enemies of the State.”
Films
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Films / Interviews
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Films
The Labyrinth: The Testimony of Marian Kołodziej
Recovery following a near fatal stroke unlocks memories buried for more than 50 years, which Marian Kołodziej renders into pen and ink drawings covering several rooms of his Labyrinth in the town of Harmęże, Poland. Ron Schmidt’s brilliant film allows you to enter that labyrinth, alone and in silence.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Films
Polish Movie Nite presents Susannah Magers & In The Name of Their Mothers
Polish Movie Nite: Polish cinema, viewed and reviewed by Americans, leads them to a better understanding of “the complexities of contemporary Poland.”
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Films
Polish Movie Nite presents Arden Sherman & Knife in the Water
Developed during Polish Movie Nite, a series of film screenings at The Polish Club in San Francisco, these texts aim to introduce a wide variety of films that might be classified “Polish.”
2011 Vol 3. No. 2 — Summer / Films
Polish Movie Nite presents Julian Myers & Chris Fitzpatrick: Wajda’s The Promised Land
Polish Movie Nite: Polish cinema, viewed and reviewed by Americans, leads them to a better understanding of “the complexities of contemporary Poland.”
2011 Vol 3. No. 2 — Summer / Films
Polish Movie Nite presents Erica Levin: Kieślowski’s Camera Buff
Polish Movie Nite: Polish cinema, viewed and reviewed by Americans, leads them to a better understanding of “the complexities of contemporary Poland.”
2011 Vol. 3 No. 1 — Spring / Films
Poland: Once Again the Wellspring for the Greatest Arabian Horses in the World
Their story is told in Path to Glory, a film that will premiere in the US in April and in Poland in August. Justine Jablonska interviews directors Jen Miller and Sophie Pegrum.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 1 — Spring / Films
The Polish-Arabian Horse: A Very Brief History
The history of the Polish-Arabian horse is complex and fascinating. Here’s a very brief snapshot.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 3 — Fall / Films
“New Zealand on Screen” Releases New Film
The 1966 documentary tells the story of 734 Polish children who were adopted by New Zealand in 1944 as WWII refugees.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 3 — Fall / Films
YPCPA Presents Ottawa Premiere of Mary Skinner’s Film, Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers
The event attracted an audience of academics, parliamentarians, students & a large general audience.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Films / Interviews
The Officer’s Wife: A Conversation with Director Piotr Uzarowicz
Piotr Uzarowicz’s grandfather was one the officers murdered at Katyń. His moving film examines how a political conspiracy of silence left bare his family’s wounds of war.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Films
CR Recommends Four Grand Documentaries
• Children in Exile
• Modjeska, Woman Triumphant
• Nine Days That Changed the World
• The Soviet Story
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Films / Interviews
Peter Raina: Love, Politics, Betrayal
When a historian from Kashmir fell in love with Poland and a Polish woman, both love affairs ended tragically.
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