[BCMA] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Film Screening: My Dear Clara

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Film Screening

November 29, 2010

 

Film Screening: My Dear Clara

at the Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia

 

The Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia presents a special
screening of the documentary My Dear Clara on Wednesday, December 8,
2010 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. The Jewish Museum & Archives of BC is
located at 950 W. 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC. Admission is $10 per
person, $8 per member of the Jewish Historical Society of BC or the
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival.

 

 Wednesday, December 8, 2010

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm, followed by Q&A

Admission: $10/person, $8/JHSBC or VJFF member

at the Jewish Museum & Archives of BC

 

Film Screening: My Dear Clara

Canada, 2002, 44 minutes, color

Directed by Gary Beitel

 

When Clara Greenspan left Montreal for Warsaw to visit relatives she
could not have known how her personal destiny would soon become
intertwined with the events about to unfold in Europe. While there, she
was introduced to, and married a man named Chaim and was then mistakenly
informed by the British Embassy that when she returned to Canada she
could then send for her husband.

What began as a whirlwind romance turned into a battle of endurance
against her own government whose policy allowed Canadian men to bring
over their foreign-born spouses, but forbade the same liberty to women.

Set in Canada, Poland, Russia and Germany between 1938 and 1947, My Dear
Clara weaves love letters, personal diaries, family photographs,
official correspondence and rarely-seen archival footage to tell the
dramatic story of a Polish Jewish refugee's struggle for survival and
his Canadian wife's unflinching dedication.

"...much more than history. It's an epic love story, so tangible that
the two protagonists move the viewer to depths of emotion that don't
usually mark documentaries."
- The Canadian Jewish News, 2001

 

This film is made possible by the National Center for Jewish Film at
Brandeis University

Community Sponsor: The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival

 

For more information, contact the Jewish Museum & Archives of BC at 
info at jewishmuseum.ca <mailto:info at jewishmuseum.ca>  or call
(604)257-5199. 

 

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Media Contact:

Molly Winston, Education Coordinator

Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia

mwinston at jewishmuseum.ca

(604) 638-7288

 

 

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