BOGDAN'S JOURNEY
by Michal Jaskulski, Lawrence Loewinger
synopsis
Kielce, Poland, was the site of Europe’s last Jewish pogrom. In 1946, townspeople killed over 40 Holocaust survivors seeking shelter in a downtown building, and injured 80 more. As news of the pogrom spread across Poland, Jews fled the country. The Kielce pogrom became a symbol of Polish post-war antisemitism in the Jewish world. Under communism, the pogrom was a forbidden subject, but it was never forgotten. In a free Poland, Bogdan Białek, a Catholic Pole, journalist and psychologist, emerges to talk publicly about the issue. Beginning as a solitary figure, he confronts the deepest prejudices in his fellow citizens, and strives to reconnect Kielce with the outside Jewish community. An effort which costs him dearly.
international title: | Bogdan's Journey |
original title: | Przy Planty 7/9 |
country: | Poland, Israel, United States |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Michal Jaskulski, Lawrence Loewinger |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | PL 20/05/2016 |
screenplay: | Michal Jaskulski |
cinematography by: | Michal Jaskulski |
film editing: | Marcin Latanik |
music: | Bartlomiej Gliniak a.k.a. Bartek Gliniak |
producer: | Michal Jaskulski, Lawrence Loewinger, Marcin Wierzchoslawski |
production: | Metro Films, Two Points Films (US) |