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Film Screening, Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski
Sunday, October 29, 2023 4pm to 6pm
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In a virtuoso solo performance, Academy Award nominee David Strathairn portrays Jan Karski in this genre-defying true story of a reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness. After surviving the devastation of the Blitzkrieg, Karski swears allegiance to the Polish Underground and risks his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of war-torn Poland to the Western world and, ultimately, the Oval Office. Escaping a Gestapo prison, bearing witness to the despair of the Warsaw Ghetto and confronted by the inhumanity of a death camp, Karski endures unspeakable mental anguish and physical torture to stand tall in the halls of power and speak the truth. Strathairn captures the complexity and legacy of this self-described “insignificant, little man” whose timely story of moral courage and individual responsibility can still shake the conscience of the world
The true story of a man who told of humanity's greatest crimes, while there was still time to stop them. “All I can say is that I saw it, and it is the truth.” Watch the trailer online here.
This film screening will be followed by a Q&A with one of the film's writers, Clark Young.
Registration is required. Click here to access the registration site. Scroll down to Remember This and order your tickets (there is no cost for the tickets for this film).
Location
Studio Movie Grill - Spring Valley 13933 N Central Expy, Dallas, TX 75243
Department
- Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, The Ackerman Center
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