Recipient of the 2022 HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
FOUR WINTERS
TUES, 12/6, 5:30pm, 96 min BAY STREET THEATER
Q/A with Director Julia Mintz and Andrew Botsford
If seats are still available, tickets may be purchased at the festival desk. Cash or Credit cards only
“No person should succumb to brutality without putting up resistance — individually it can save one’s life, en masse it can change the course of history."
SHALOM YORAN, JEWISH PARTISAN
Director: Julia Mintz
Producer: Julia Mintz
Editors: Timothy A. Kuper, Peter Heady
Cinematographers: Larry Banks, Chris Ewers, Allen Moore, Stephen Kazmierski
Against extraordinary odds, over 25,000 Jewish Partisans fought back against the Nazis and their collaborators from the forests of WWII's Belarus, Ukraine and Eastern Europe. These determined men and women, many barely teens, engaged in acts of sabotage, blowing up trains, burning electric stations, and attacking armed enemy headquarters. A fusion of inspiring and powerful first- person interviews, family photographs and rare archival footage shatter the myth of Jewish passivity. The last surviving partisans tell their stories of resistance in Four Winters, revealing a stunning narrative of heroism and resilience.
Julia Mintz’s work focuses on inspiring narratives that reflect on soulful bravery and resistance against unimaginable odds. She has been on the producing team for films shortlisted for Academy Awards; premiered at Cannes, Sundance and TriBeCa; and won Emmy, Peabody and festival awards. Four Winters is Julia’s directorial debut.
“In memory of the six million who perished.” - Anonymous