The film will be followed by a speaker. Dr. Janette Silverman is a professional genealogist heading a team of researchers specializing in Eastern European and Jewish research at AncestryProGenealogists®, the division of Ancestry® that does private client research. She holds a Doctorate in Jewish Studies from Spertus Institute. A long-time Valley resident, Dr. Silverman has served as president of the Phoenix Jewish Genealogy Society. She is looking forward to the publication of her book, Stories They Never Told Us, this year.
Overview
- Roman Vishniac is known as the premier photographer of pre-Holocaust Jewish life in Eastern Europe. His famous photographs immortalized life in the shtetlach. This beautifully filmed documentary looks at Vishniac’s evolution from a Russian-Jewish microbiologist in Berlin to the iconic photographer of a vanished civilization. Vishniac was directed by Laura Bialis and produced by Nancy Spielberg, Roberta Grossman, and Phoenix-area resident Ori Eisen.
