In partnership with The University of Maine, MJFF is delighted to present Resistance: They Fought Back, which tells the largely unknown and incredibly courageous story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. We cordially invite you to the Maine premiere of this award-winning documentary film on the campus of the University of Maine. A panel with Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producer/Director, and her colleagues, will follow the screening.
While the Germans documented many aspects of their war against the Jews, they obliterated all mentions of Jewish resistance. Now, the powerful vision of Emmy Award-winning director/producer Paula S. Apsell, her co-director Kirk Wolfinger, and writer Owen Palmquist shows us how strongly and shrewdly Jews did indeed fight back.
This important documentary was born when Ms. Apsell visited with Holocaust scholar and archeologist Richard Freund from Christopher Newport University. When she asked why so many heroic attempts at Jewish resistance were unknown to the general public, Professor Freund replied, “Because you haven’t made the film yet.” Now it is made...and Ms. Aspell’s film is a vital new addition to the archive of remembrance.
