There Was Once... DVD VIDEO DOCUMENTARY Jewish Holocaust Hungary Gabor Kalman Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: Gabor Kalman Released: 2012 Media: DVD There Was Once..."... wholly absorbing and poignant documentary... fine, illuminating film. " Los Angeles Times superior documentary... well crafted... definitely deserves TV exposure... " Variety achingly beautiful... Mago is an incredible woman and through her we see how one person can make a difference... The teaming of Mago and Kalman is genius and together they give us a beautiful film... " Reviews by Amos Lassen "Leave a record. Preserve the facts. There Was Once... serves that function precisely. " The New York Times "A deeply moving, unusual and poetic vision... a world so irreal and unimaginable, and yet so threateningly reawakening today " Tibor Frank, PhD, DLitt Visiting Professor of History, Columbia University While doing research in local history, Gyiingyi Magi), a Catholic high school teacher in Kalocsa, Hungary discovers the lost Jewish community that once thrived there. She shares her research with her students, teaching tolerance and fighting prejudice. She organizes a memorial for this lost community, which is attended by the Mayor, the Archbishop, several survivors and second and third generations. At the same time, the neo-Nazi party of Hungary holds a demonstration and a young girl visiting from New York is hit by a sling shot while attending a memorial service at the newly restored Jewish cemetery. For DVD Player (North American NTSC)
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