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April 21, 2008

NY NATAS
1375 Broadway (between 37th and 38th Streets), Suite 2103 (21st Fl.)
New York, NY 10018

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MEET THE FILMMAKER: Lisa Gossels
On Monday, April 21, 2008 ~ 6:00 - 8:00 PM
At the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
I375 Broadway (between 37th and 38th Streets), Suite #2103
Reception 6:00 - 6:30 PM, Program 6:30 - 8:00 PM
 
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED DUE TO BUILDING SECURITY. ALL NAMES MUST BE ON GUEST LIST.
PLEASE RSVP VIA EMAIL info@nyemmys.org or call 212-459-3630 ext. 201.
 
Produced & Moderated by Sumner Jules Glimcher
 
In the spirit of Louis Malle’s Au Revoir les Enfants and Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, the Emmy® Award-winning film The Children of Chabannes (93 minutes) has been praised as “splendid, informative and emotionally involving” (Los Angeles Times) and called “a seamless memoir of courage and a tribute to the human spirit” (New York Daily News). A magical World War II tale of resilience and love, The Children of Chabannes reveals the previously untold story of how the people in a tiny village in unoccupied France chose action over indifference to save the lives of 400 Jewish refugee children. Returning to the forgotten corner of France with her father and uncle (two of the saved children), filmmaker Lisa Gossels and co-director Dean Wetherell movingly recreated the joys and fears of daily life in Chabannes during the war. Through warm and wonderful accounts from the educators, townspeople and from the children themselves, we see how this oasis of hope is shattered in August of 1942, when the war reaches the doorsteps of the crumbling chateau where the children lived.
 
A celebration of human kindness, The Children of Chabannes delivers a profound message of tolerance. The film documents the remarkable efforts made by the citizens of Chabannes, who risked their lives and livelihoods to protect these children, simply because they felt it was the right thing to do.
 
The Children of Chabannes is now available on DVD through its distributor New Video/Docurama. It can also be found on Netflix, Amazon.com, etc.
“It's not about the mystery of evil; it's about an equally awesome subject, the mystery of good."
Stanley Kaufmann, The New Republic
 
“One of the most heartening Holocaust films ever made.”
Kevin Thomas, Lost Angeles Times
 
“A moving record of the unassuming, uncompromising heroism of ordinary people.”
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Featured Speakers

Speaker Lisa Gossels
Lisa Gossels is a documentary filmmaker, activist and lecturer who also produces and directs educational and promotional films. She produced, directed and edited the Emmy® Award-winning The Children of Chabannes (1999) with Dean Wetherell. Chabannes won 10 film festival awards. After a theatrical run, the film premiered on HBO Signature …

Lisa Gossels is a documentary filmmaker, activist and lecturer who also produces and directs educational and promotional films. She produced, directed and edited the Emmy® Award-winning The Children of Chabannes (1999) with Dean Wetherell. Chabannes won 10 film festival awards. After a theatrical run, the film premiered on HBO Signature and aired on local PBS stations. Lisa has been producing and directing Imagining Peace, her second feature-length documentary film, since May 2002. She has produced, directed, line-produced and/or done research and real people casting for more than forty corporate and educational videos since 1996. Prior to a filmmaking career, she spent nine years working in major New York City advertising agencies. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University, Lisa is the President of Good Egg Productions, Inc., based in New York City.

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Date and Time

Mon, April 21, 2008

2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
(GMT-0400) US/Eastern

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NY NATAS

1375 Broadway (between 37th and 38th Streets), Suite 2103 (21st Fl.)
New York, NY 10018


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NY NATAS

1375 Broadway (between 37th and 38th Streets), Suite 2103 (21st Fl.)
New York, NY 10018