I just came from seeing a Polish documentary film about children who were taken to Siberia and survived to tell their stories. The producer Chris Swider was present as well as one of "the children" Wesley (Wieslaw) Adamczyk. There was a discussion after the movie and we talked to Wesley, an elderly man now, of course. It was so very moving. The audience was in tears when he got to tell his story. We all know about monuments built for soldiers as war heroes, but what about the children...
I was impressed that most of the audience was American, there were African Americans, Mexicans and others, clearly not polish based on the accent, asking questions about the survival. This short movie was shown at many documentary festivals in different parts of the world.
If you have a chance to see it, do it.
chicagodocfestival.org/children_exile.htm
I was impressed that most of the audience was American, there were African Americans, Mexicans and others, clearly not polish based on the accent, asking questions about the survival. This short movie was shown at many documentary festivals in different parts of the world.
If you have a chance to see it, do it.
chicagodocfestival.org/children_exile.htm