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Determined: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter w/ AlinaDetermined: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter w/ Alina

Determined: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter w/ Alina

October 8–12, 2020

Virtual Screening

Determined: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter

Keren Perlmutter (Dir), 88 minutes, NY Premiere, USA

Based on Avraham Perlmutter’s #1 best seller, Keren Perlmutter traces her father’s incredible life from Nazi-occupied Vienna to his daring escape to resettle in the United States.


Screening with:

Alina

Rami Kodeih (Dir), 25 minutes, WNY Premiere, USA

As Nazis separate children from their parents in the Warsaw Ghetto, a group of women (Alia Shawkat, Rebeca Robles & Erika Soto) risk everything to smuggle their friend's three-month-old baby to safety. Inspired by true events.

  • Video from Determined: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter

    Directed by: Keren Perlmutter

    Still from Determined: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter

    Still from Determined: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Avraham Perlmutter

    Directed by: Keren Perlmutter

  • Still from Alina

    Still from Alina

    Directed by: Rami Kodeih

October 8–12, 2020

Virtual Screening

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