Film Screening: Vishniac
Presented by the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival
Sunday, May 7, 2023, 3:30 PM
Tickets: $12 general admission, $11 students and seniors (65+)
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After three years of disruption (and creative adaptation), the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival is officially back in person in 2023! A world-class showcase of the best in foreign and independent cinema, PVJFF welcomes everyone to engage with Jewish culture and conversation. Please join us for our screening of the documentary feature Vishniac at the Northampton Center for the Arts.
Roman Vishniac is best known for photographing Jewish life in Eastern Europe in the 1930s. Few could have predicted that these photographs would provide the last visual records of an entire world. But while Vishniac owes his fame to this specific collection, his prodigious body of also includes considerable contributions in the field of microscopic photography. This exploration of Vishniac’s career and photographs brings to life the world in which he worked and details his dramatic life story and flamboyant personality. Introduction by Dr. Simon Sibelman, Professor Emeritus of Judiac, Holocaust, and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University, and former Executive Director of the Virginia Holocaust Museum.
For the full film line-up, please visit PVJFF.org.