[BCMA] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Film Screening: Voyage of the St. Louis

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Film Screening

October 20, 2010

 

 

Film Screening: Voyage of the St. Louis

 at the Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia

 

Vancouver, BC - The Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia
presents a special screening of the documentary Voyage of the St. Louis
on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 from 7:00 pm to 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 Vancouver Jewish Film Festival.

 

Voyage of the St. Louis

Canada/France, 52 min.

 

Directed by Maziar Bahari in 1994, this definitive documentary tells the
story of the infamous St. Louis episode as recalled by passengers who
made the crossing as children and in readings from the diary of the
ship's captain. In the summer of 1939, the German luxury liner St. Louis
sailed from Hamburg to Cuba carrying 937 German Jews. Most had sold all
their belongings to book passage, pay off corrupt German officials, and
buy visas to Cuba. But hope turned to despair when Havana suddenly
barred the ship's entry. For 30 excruciating days the St. Louis wandered
the seas and was refused haven by every country in the Americas.
Finally, passengers were accepted by Holland, France, Belgium, and
England. Four months later, World War II began and many of the St. Louis
passengers perished in the Holocaust. 

 

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

(604) 257-5199 | mwinston at jewishmuseum.ca

 

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