Igor Pargac - young talented director from Slovakia. Among his recent
accomplishments is a documentary movie "Skade si chlapce" about the
Jewish Holocaust and the camaraderie between Christians and Jews
before and during WWII. Thanks to this project, old friends were reunited
after 50 years of separation.
You can order this impressive DVD by wiriting e-mail to jsiska@excite.com
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Film About the Journey Of A Slovak American Filmmaker
YOU’RE
INVITED TO A SCREENING
of
Pictures
From the Old Country
A Film by Susan
Marcinkus
SATURDAY,
JANUARY 27th
at
1:30 pm
First
Presbyterian Church of LaGrange
150 S Ashland
Ave. LaGrange, IL 60525
SPONSORED
BY CSAGSI
The Czech &
Slovak American Genealogical Society of IL
Come
meet the director for a Q and A Session following the 30 min.
film
Pictures From the
Old Countrychronicles the
filmmaker's quest to uncover the mysteries of her Slovak identity
and heritage, after they had been lost behind the Iron Curtain
and her family's secrecy. Growing up during the Cold War, she is
curious about the "strange" language her grandmother is speaking.
Fantasizing that Grandmother must be a communist spy, she begins
to ask questions that are never fully answered. Years later as an
adult, she embarks on a journey that crosses continents and
generations - leading her to family she had never before known in
a country that was facing its own identity crisis. Along the way,
not only does she gain a deeper understanding of her family roots
- but discovers a beautiful land, a rich culture, and a profound
sense of her own Slovak American identity.
This award-winning film was shot entirely on location in
Slovakia. It has had numerous airings on PBS television and has
played at conferences and universities across the U.S. and
Central Europe. It had its west coast debut at the American Film
Institute, Los Angeles and its east coast debut at the Slovak
Embassy in Washington, D.C. with the Slovak American Society of
Washington. The film was produced with support from the FilmArts
Foundation - San Francisco, CineWomen Documentarians - Los
Angeles, the Wisconsin Slovak Historical Society and the
Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International.
Pictures
From the Old Country is
being distributed by The Cinema Guild, New York, NY.
www.fgslovakia.com - "The foreigner's guide to living in Slovakia" by Margarete Hurn is a must to read for foreigners planning to travel to Slovakia.
Margarete Hurn is an American who has lived and worked in Slovakia for more than five years. Her book is a guide for thouse who are inquisitive of how to acclimate smoothly within Slovakia.
