Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:30 & 10:30 AM, BREC Theater, Independence Park, Baton Rouge

Nicholas Winton: The Power of Good

(Czech Republic, 2002, English, 64 mins.)

In the fall of 1938, Nicholas Winton took a pleasure trip to Prague, Czechoslovakia.  He saw that Czech children in the Sudetenland were stateless.  He understood that these refugee children would soon be doomed by Hitler.  Although Winton was only 28 years old, he knew he had to take action.  He devised a rescue operation to save these children.  This inspiring documentary tells how an ordinary man took extraordinary action. (Directed by Matej Mina)

International2002 Emmy Awards 2002
Best Documentary Trilobit Prize 2002
Czech Repulbic, Slovak Film Critic’s Prize Igric 2002

Speaker: Magie Furst, The Kindertransport Association