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25th Annual Hartford Jewish Virtual Film Festival | My Name Is Sara
March 13, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - March 16, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
Drama | 2019 | Poland, USA | 111 min
English, Polish, English subtitles
Directed by Steven Oritt
This powerful saga of courage and compassion is based on the astonishing true-life story of Sara Góralnik, a 13-year-old Polish Jew who lost her entire family in the Holocaust, yet struggled to outlast the Nazis and fought to keep alive her Jewish faith. After a grueling escape, Sara steals her Christian best friend’s identity and finds refuge in a small Ukrainian village, where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife and hidden in plain sight, masquerading as a Christian. But Sara soon discovers the dark secret of her employer’s marriage, which compromises the greatest secret she must protect at all costs, her true identity.
This English-language drama offers a fascinating insight into Ukrainian identity and society, and pays testament to the bravery of a single woman.
TRAILER: https://youtu.be/10_kajOH8bE
Sponsored By: Survival & Spirit Lessons from the Holocaust, Kirstein Family Fund for Holocaust Education, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, Jewish Federation: Women’s Philanthropy