BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Chook Digital//Classic Cinemas//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240319T121001Z UID:no-reply@classiccinemas.com.au DTSTART:20181023T130000Z DTEND:20181023T130000Z LOCATION:9 Gordon Street Elsternwick 3185 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-au:Classic Cinemas: JIFF 2018: Dear Ambassador DESCRIPTION:JIFF 2018: Dear Ambassador\nDear Ambassador tells the extraordinary story of Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas, who served as Brazilian Ambassador to Paris during WWII. A largely unsung hero, he defied his own government’s orders by granting hundreds of unauthorised visas to Jews and others facing imminent capture and death. Deftly weaving re-enactments, interviews with survivors, and archival footage, Dear Ambassador commemorates Brazil’s counterpart to Oskar Schindler and Raoul Wallenberg, who was posthumously awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Classic Cinemas: JIFF 2018: Dear Ambassador
Dear Ambassador tells the extraordinary story of Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas, who served as Brazilian Ambassador to Paris during WWII. A largely unsung hero, he defied his own government’s orders by granting hundreds of unauthorised visas to Jews and others facing imminent capture and death. Deftly weaving re-enactments, interviews with survivors, and archival footage, Dear Ambassador commemorates Brazil’s counterpart to Oskar Schindler and Raoul Wallenberg, who was posthumously awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.
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