Refused to Die" - three YouTube trailers!
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> Subject: Ibbetson Press author releases Upcoming Documentary film on "I
> Refused to Die" - three YouTube trailers!
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> > > A new documentary by Ibbetson Street Press
(http://ibbetsonpress.com )
> > > author Susie Davidson is being released, based on her book "I Refused
to
> > > Die," (Ibbetson 2005) a collection dealing with accounts of
Boston-area
> > > Holocaust survivors, and soldiers who liberated them. See below:
> > >
> > >
> > > Upcoming Documentary film on "I Refused to Die" - three YouTube
> trailers!
> > >
> > >
> > > Three trailers made by producer/director John McGinness:
> > > Here are three trailers - I think you will like them. John does very
> good
> > > work.
> > > We HOPE the film will be ready by November, and plan to rent rooms at
> the
> > > Coolidge, the West Newton and the Belmont theatres during the first
week
> > of
> > > June, with a panel of survivors and soldiers....
> > > best regards,
> > > Susie
> > >
> > >
> > > Israel Arbeiter: Countering the Deniers
> > > Israel Arbeiter, a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp,
shares
> a
> > > few thoughts on Holocaust deniers.
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0AZBxy3nfc
> > >
> > > Samuel Bak: Painted in Words
> > > Renowned artist Samuel Bak talks about his life, his art and
> > > surviving the Holocaust as a child.
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czg8nxFcBlQ
> > >
> > > Rosian Zerner: All a Child Wants
> > > Rosian Zerner, a child Holocaust survivor, was given a new identity to
> > avoid
> > > Nazi persecution.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > For immediate release
> > > July 28, 2008
> > >
> > > Contact: Susie Davidson
> > > 617-566-7557; Susie_d@yahoo.com
> > >
> > > "I Refused to Die," ( Ibbetson Street) the documentary film based on
> Susie
> > > Davidson's 2005 book on twenty local Holocaust survivors and ten WWII
> > > liberating soldiers, will have a daytime premiere at the Memorial
> Building
> > > Complex, Framingham Town Hall, 150 Concord St., Framingham, Mass. at
> noon
> > on
> > > Veterans' Day, November 11, 2008. Over several nights during the
> previous
> > > week, the producers plan to rent screens at the Coolidge, the West
> Newton
> > > and the Belmont theatres to present the one-hour film and a panel
> > discussion
> > > with survivors and WWII soldiers. (The Belmont theatre night will be
in
> > > conjunction with filmmaker Apo Torosyan's new one-hour documentary on
> > Henry
> > > Morgenthau [1856-1946], who served as the United States Ambassador to
> the
> > > Ottoman Empire during the Armenian Genocide.)
> > >
> > > Each event will feature a panel discussion with Holocaust survivors,
> > > soldiers who liberated the death camps, and the film's
> producer/director,
> > > narrator, and writer. The special Veterans' Day event and panel
> discussion
> > > will be moderated and executive produced by M. David Cohen, whose 2006
> > cable
> > > television special, "Never Again," was also based on the book.
Audience
> > > participation is expected to exceed 1,000.
> > >
> > > The documentary is produced by John McGinness at Watertown Cable
Access
> > TV.
> > > It will be made available to Cable Access TV channels, libraries,
> schools,
> > > civic organizations and to the public in both DVD and VHS format, as
> well
> > as
> > > in a packaged set with the book, "I Refused to Die."
> > >
> > > The film, narrated by M. David Cohen, will feature interviews with
> > survivors
> > > who include Israel Arbeiter, Steve Ross, Rena Finder, Samuel Bak,
Edgar
> > > Krasa and Rosian Zerner and liberating soldiers who include Cranston
> > Rogers,
> > > Al Rosen and Phil Minsky, as well as local poets, historic footage,
> music,
> > > and more. There will be additional featured characters, as well as
> themes
> > > and plots.
> > >
> > >
> > > BIOS:
> > >
> > > Co-Producer and Narrator: M. David Cohen is a founding member of
> Universal
> > > Veterans' Post #1 and a life member and affiliate of the MetroWest
> chapter
> > > of Jewish War Veterans. He has created and conducted religious
services
> > and
> > > programs at Temple Tifereth Israel in Malden. During the Vietnam era,
he
> > > served as an Air Force Acting Jewish Chaplain based in Paris, France.
He
> > > established food programs (similar to today's "Meals on Wheels") for
the
> > > Little Sisters of the Poor and Catholic Charities. Mr. Cohen was an
> > "active
> > > participant" with Paula Gerber Borenstein, director of the France
Joint
> > > Distribution Committee, in resettling Jewish refugees through the
Hebrew
> > > Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Paris. As Acting Circuit Chaplain, Mr.
> Cohen
> > > served eight bases in France, Spain, Morocco and Libya, conducting
Torah
> > > Convocations in Berchtesgaden, Germany, before returning to complete
his
> > > military service at Eglin AFB, Florida, and his studies at Boston
> > > College.
> > >
> > > Cohen, originally from Everett, has traveled to 44 countries. During
his
> > > 1970-2002 residence in Los Angeles, he established a business
> > > consulting/marketing firm with fundraising divisions for nonprofits.
> After
> > > returning to Boston, he underwent double bypass heart surgery, and
> > currently
> > > counsels veterans in cardiac units as part of the "Heartbeats"
volunteer
> > > program at a local veterans hospital. He produced and hosted Malden
> Access
> > > TV's "Monday Night Live," and created and produces the "Dining with
> David"
> > > cable TV shows as well as specials currently being developed at
> Framingham
> > > and other studios. He recently fulfilled a lifelong aspiration by
making
> > his
> > > legitimate theater debut in January 2006 at Boston's Lyric Stage
> Theater,
> > > appearing in a Steve Martin-adapted play. But most importantly, he has
> an
> > > unparalleled speaking voice!
> > >
> > > http://www.diningwithdavid.com/
> > > http://www.wickedlocal.com/malden/archive/x1082401765
> > >
> > >
> > > Producer: John McGinness is both a technophile and a technophobe; in
> > short,
> > > a whiz who doesn't know it. Our own Michael Moore in appearance and
> skill,
> > > he has mastered FinalCutPro and other software programs used in
> > filmmaking,
> > > and is well-versed not only in documentary creation but in all aspects
> of
> > > computer technology. An all-around great guy, he is everybody's best
> > friend,
> > > very well-liked, unobtrusive and humble (maybe that's why). After
> learning
> > > of the book through his association with Dachau liberator Cranston
> Rogers,
> > > he dedicated himself to the preservation of the memories of Holocaust
> > > victims. A Watertown native, he takes up space at Watertown Cable
Access
> > > several days a week. All involved with this production are indebted to
> > John
> > > for life.
> > >
> > >
> > > Writer: Susie Davidson has written regularly for the Jewish Advocate
and
> > the
> > > weekly Tabs since 2000. She has contributed to the Boston Sunday Globe
> and
> > > the Forward, and is a poet with over 150 publications to date. She has
> > > authored "I Refused to Die: Stories of Boston-Area Holocaust Survivors
> and
> > > Soldiers who Liberated the Concentration Camps of World War II
(2005),"
> > > "Jewish Life in Postwar Germany: Our Ten-Day Seminar (2007)," and
edited
> > and
> > > produced "In Gratitude and Hope: Remarks of German Consul General
> Wolfgang
> > > K. Vorwerk (2008)," which chronicles the remarkable, post-war
> relationship
> > > Vorwerk established with Boston's Holocaust survivor community.
Davidson
> > > will be producing a Jewish-themed poetry event at the Boston Public
> > Library
> > > this fall with Boston's Poet Laureate, Sam Cornish.
> > > Davidson is a co-coordinator of the Boston chapter of COEJL, the
> Coalition
> > > on the Environment and Jewish Life (www.BostonCOEJL.org), and
> spearheaded
> > an
> > > ongoing drive to green all Mass. state synagogues (22 have pledged to
> > date).
> > > She is also a board member of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow.
> > >
> >
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