A New Documentary by Ann Michel and Phil Wilde
BERLIN PREMIERE
Berlin and Brandenburg Jewish Film Festival
Berlin, Germany
July 5, 2017
WORLD PREMIERE
Cottbus Eastern European Film Festival
Cottbus, Germany
November 12, 2016
“More than a Holocaust story, this is a journey of a New Yorker to discover the secrets hidden in Bzionkow, an Upper Silesian ruin, and learn about her unknown Jewish past and the place she didn’t know she would love.”
By November 8, 1938 in German Silesia, Ann's great-grandparents,
Salo and Else Hepner, walked out of this front door never to return.
PEOPLE
Ann Michel
Director, Researcher, Writer, Editor
Was born in 1957 in the United Kingdom. She grew up in Europe and New York City. She studied mathematics at Cornell University. She is the founder of Insights International Inc., a production firm specializing in science and educational on-line, TV and theatrical events. She has also served as President of the Robert Flaherty Film Seminars.
Phil Wilde
Director, Researcher, Writer, Cinematographer
Was born in 1951 in New York, USA. He studied science at Cornell University, where he became involved in the politics and art of video production in the 1970s. Since then, he has produced, directed, photographed, and written numerous films and videos about science, technology, and social issues. He is a principal and owner of Insights International.
Jon Hilton
Mr. Hubert
Aleksandr Mergold
David Ost
Bernard Gaida
Ann Elisabeth Jessen
Pawel Mrozek
Marian Rust
Bolko von Schweinichen
Monika Hemperek
Ingo Kottkamp
Aleksandra Mucha
Mikolaj Smolenski
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Cornell University Architecture Student Projects
click on the images below to see the 5 projects on the future of Bzionkow as designed by the Cornell students of architecture.
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