BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations//Tendenci Codeba se MIMEDIR//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.\nEvent det ails subject to change. ---\nhttps://www.nyemmys.org/events/753/\n\nEvent Title: Meet the Filmmaker\nStart Date / Time: Nov 11, 2013 13:00 PM US/Eas tern\nLocation: NY NATAS\nSpeaker: \nMeet the Filmmaker: Gita Kaufman\n\n& ldquo\;Shadows From My Past&rdquo\; \n\nDate: Monday, November 11, 2013\n\ nLocation: NY NATAS, 1375 Broadway (between 37th and 38th Streets), Suite 2103\n\nReception: 6:00-6:30 PM ~ Program: 6:30-8:00 PM\n\n \n\n*Free to N Y NATAS Members! \n\n$15 for those without current NY NATAS membership.\n\ nProduced &\; Moderated by Sumner Jules Glimcher\n\n \n\nSHADOWS FROM M Y PAST by Curt and Gita Kaufman is a documentary. Shot in Austria, Germany , France and in the United States. It deals with Gita and Curt Kaufman&rs quo\;s return to her birthplace, Vienna, Austria, the city she fled as a c hild in February, 1940. With her mother, father and two brothers she esca ped the beginnings of the Holocaust on the day they were to be deported to Dachau. Many others in her family were not so fortunate and died in the Shoah. Gita and her husband, Curt Kaufman, received a Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Award for Outstanding Achievement in Human Rights to speak at the University of Vienna. While there, asking questions of the people she mee ts, she tried to determine if the new Austria is truly different from the old -- or is it just a new mask on an old face? Austria is a crossroads b etween East and West in Europe and is an important cultural center. It was also a willing participant in The Holocaust. Austria&rsquo\;s history is part of her history. As they searched for the missing parts of Gita&rsquo\ ;s past, they also sought answers to questions of moral ambiguity, individ ual as opposed to collective guilt, and to what degree today'\;s genera tion is responsible for the sins of their fathers and grandfathers. \n\nSH ADOWS FROM MY PAST is a warning for today.\n\nSHADOWS was originally based on excerpts of archival letters, and photographs from Gita'\;s family from 1939 &ndash\; 1941, writing desperately trying to save their children , many of whom were murdered in the Shoah. They are first person witnesse s to the Holocaust. They were presented by the Kaufmans at the Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Vienna. \n\nSHADOWS also features many unrehearsed interviews including Simon Wies enthal, Kurt Waldheim, Jorg Haider, President Fischer of Austria, Vienna P hilharmonic members, survivors such as Theodore Bikel, Eric Pleskow, also Ambassador Ronald Lauder, survivors and many others. SHADOWS throws a lig ht on Austria&rsquo\;s responsibility for the Holocaust. Many major Nazis, such as Hitler, Eichmann, Seys-Inquest (responsible for Ann Frank&rsquo\; s arrest in Holland), were Austrians. For years Austria sat quietly while Germany took the responsibility for the Holocaust, and pretended they wer e &ldquo\;First Victims&rdquo\; and greatly prospered.\n\n\nCurt Kaufman w as the director, co-producer, editor, videographer, and co-author for SHAD OWS FROM MY PAST. Curt began working in films and video as an assistant t o his father Reuben Kaufman, former president of Guild Films and Jayark Fi lms. They produced syndicated TV programs including the &ldquo\;Liberace& rdquo\;, &ldquo\;I Spy&rdquo\;, &ldquo\;Captain Grief&rdquo\;, &ldquo\;The Molly Goldberg Show&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Life with Elizabeth&rdquo\; show s. They truly put the chandelier on Liberace&rsquo\;s piano. Curt was a lso the director, co-producer, director of photography, videographer, edit or and writer for BRIEFE 1939 &ndash\; 1941 (LETTERS 1939 &ndash\; 1941) w hich was commissioned by the Austrian Ministry Education, Science and Art, which is now being streamed to all schools in Austria to teach them about the Holocaust. Now deceased, he was a member of the Cinematographers Guil d, Local 600 \n\nGita Kaufman is the co-producer, co-director, co-writer , interviewer/narrator, translator, music supervisor, and researcher for S HADOWS FROM MY PAST. She also co-directed and co-produced BRIEFE 1939 &nd ash\; 1941 (LETTERS 1939 &ndash\; 1941), which was commissioned by the Aus trian Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Gita is the co-author of several screenplays including MARIA (a fictionalized version of SHADOWS) which has been optioned by Kushner Locke and DARK SIDE, a psychological th riller which is in pre-production.\n\nSpace is limited. 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Event Title: Meet the Filmmaker

https://www.nyemmys.org/events/753/

When: Nov 11, 2013 13:00 PM US/Eastern
Speaker:

Me et the Filmmaker: Gita Kaufman

&ldquo\;Shadows Fro m My Past&rdquo\; \;

Date: Monday, November 11, 2013

Location: NY NATAS, 1375 Broadway (be tween 37th and 38th Streets), Suite 2103

Reception: 6:00-6:30 PM ~ Program: 6:30-8:00 PM

 \;

*Free to NY NATAS Members!

$15 for those without current NY NATAS membership.

Produced &\; Moderat ed by Sumner Jules Glimcher

 \;

SHADOWS FROM MY PAST by Curt and Gita K aufman is a documentary. Shot in Austria, Germany, France and in the Unite d States. \; It deals with Gita and Curt Kaufman&rsquo\;s return to he r birthplace, Vienna, Austria, the city she fled as a child in February, 1 940. \; With her mother, father and two brothers she escaped the begin nings of the Holocaust on the day they were to be deported to Dachau.  \; Many others in her family were not so fortunate and died in the Shoah.& nbsp\; Gita and her husband, Curt Kaufman, received a Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Award for Outstanding Achievement in Human Rights to speak at the U niversity of Vienna. \; While there, asking questions of the people sh e meets, she tried to determine if the new Austria is truly different from the old -- or is it just a new mask on an old face? \; Austria is a c rossroads between East and West in Europe and is an important cultural cen ter. It was also a willing participant in The Holocaust. Austria&rsquo\;s history is part of her history. As they searched for the missing parts of Gita&rsquo\;s past, they also sought answers to questions of moral ambigui ty, individual as opposed to collective guilt, and to what degree today 9\;s generation is responsible for the sins of their fathers and grandfath ers. \;

SHADOWS FROM MY PAST is a warning for today.

SHA DOWS was originally based on exc erpts of archival letters, and photographs from Gita'\;s family from 19 39 &ndash\; 1941, writing desperately trying to save their children, many of whom were murdered in the Shoah. \; They are first person witnesses to the Holocaust. \; They were presented by the Kaufmans at the Cente r for International and Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Vie nna. \;

SHADOWS also features many unrehearsed interviews including Simon Wiese nthal, Kurt Waldheim, Jorg Haider, President Fischer of Austria, Vienna Ph ilharmonic members, survivors such as Theodore Bikel, Eric Pleskow, also A mbassador Ronald Lauder, survivors and many others. \; SHADOWS throws a light on Austri a&rsquo\;s responsibility for the Holocaust. Many major Nazis, such as Hit ler, Eichmann, Seys-Inquest (responsible for Ann Frank&rsquo\;s arrest in Holland), were Austrians. \; For years Austria sat quietly while Germa ny took the responsibility for the Holocaust, and pretended they were &ldq uo\;First Victims&rdquo\; and greatly prospered.

Curt Kaufman was the direct or, co-producer, editor, videographer, and co-author for SHADOWS FROM MY P AST. \; Curt began working in films and video as an assistant to his f ather Reuben Kaufman, former president of Guild Films and Jayark Films.&nb sp\; They produced syndicated TV programs including the &ldquo\;Liberace&r dquo\;, &ldquo\;I Spy&rdquo\;, &ldquo\;Captain Grief&rdquo\;, &ldquo\;The Molly Goldberg Show&rdquo\; and \; &ldquo\;Life with Elizabeth&rdquo\; shows. \; They truly put the chandelier on Liberace&rsquo\;s piano.&n bsp\; \; Curt was also the director, co-producer, director of photogra phy, videographer, editor and writer for BRIEFE 1939 &ndash\; 1941 (LETTER S 1939 &ndash\; 1941) which was commissioned by the Austrian Ministry Educ ation, Science and Art, which is now being streamed to all schools in Aust ria to teach them about the Holocaust. Now deceased, he was a member of th e Cinematographers Guild, Local 600  \; \;

Gita Kaufman is the co-producer, co-director, co-writer, interviewer/narrator, translator, music superviso r, and researcher for SHADOWS FROM MY PAST. \; She also co-directed an d co-produced BRIEFE 1939 &ndash\; 1941 (LETTERS 1939 &ndash\; 1941), whic h was commissioned by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Culture and Scie nce. Gita is the co-author of several screenplays including MARIA (a ficti onalized version of SHADOWS) which has been optioned by Kushner Locke and DARK SIDE, a psychological thriller which is in pre-production.

Space is limited. \; You must  \; RSVP \; to \;< a href="mailto:info@nyemmys.org">info@nyemmys.org \;to reserve a seat.

Please write &ldquo\;SHADOWS&rdquo\; in the Subject Box.

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