SOUSA MENDES FOUNDATION presents "WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES" — KINDERTRANSPORT

Into the darkness of the Holocaust it is important to add true tales that are life affirming. My Knees Were Jumping; Remembering the Kindertransports was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and was short-listed for an Academy Award nomination. This film, by Melissa Hacker, focuses on the psychology of the child survivors and the transmission of memory from one generation to the next. The filmmaker’s mother, the Academy Award nominated costume designer Ruth Morley (Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, The Hustler, The Miracle Worker, Tootsie, and many more classic American movies) fled Vienna on a Kindertransport in January of 1939. She is a strong presence in the film talking about her experiences alongside other former child refugees.

“Intimate… heartfelt…” — The New York Times

“Unashamedly emotional.” — Newsday

“A film of exceptional depth and resonance.” — The Forward

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Host or Publisher Sousa Mendes Foundation