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Free Fall: Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker and Media Artist Peter Forgacs

In his award-winning film, Free Fall, acclaimed filmmaker Péter Forgács provides an intimate reflection on the time before the Holocaust in Hungary through the story of one Jewish family. Using the home movies of musician, photographer and businessman, György Pető, Free Fall leads us through the story of Pető and his family: their private and personal aspirations, their happiness, and the step-by-step erosion of their illusions of safety. How could they understand segregation, and racist laws if “angels’ voices” recited them? This screening commemorates the 70th anniversary of the beginning of nationwide mass deportations in Hungary.

Péter Forgács will introduce the film and join us for a post-screening discussion.

Péter Forgács is the creator of the new media installation Letters to Afar, a project commissioned by the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw and YIVO. To learn more visit here.

This screening of Free Fall is presented by YIVO, the Center for Jewish History and the Leo Baeck Institute.











When: Thu., Mar. 27, 2014 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 W. 16th St.
212-294-8330
Price: $10; $7 YIVO, LBI, CJH members, seniors and students.
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In his award-winning film, Free Fall, acclaimed filmmaker Péter Forgács provides an intimate reflection on the time before the Holocaust in Hungary through the story of one Jewish family. Using the home movies of musician, photographer and businessman, György Pető, Free Fall leads us through the story of Pető and his family: their private and personal aspirations, their happiness, and the step-by-step erosion of their illusions of safety. How could they understand segregation, and racist laws if “angels’ voices” recited them? This screening commemorates the 70th anniversary of the beginning of nationwide mass deportations in Hungary.

Péter Forgács will introduce the film and join us for a post-screening discussion.

Péter Forgács is the creator of the new media installation Letters to Afar, a project commissioned by the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw and YIVO. To learn more visit here.

This screening of Free Fall is presented by YIVO, the Center for Jewish History and the Leo Baeck Institute.

Buy tickets/get more info now