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Jewish Film Festival Freeview

Presented by Flint Jewish Federation and Flint Institute of Arts at Flint Institute of Arts, Flint MI

Apr 24 2019
Jewish Film Festival Freeview

Free showing of the documentary, Above the Drowning Sea, the story of Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust to Shanghai. Part of the 2019 Karen Schneider Jewish Film Festival.

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As Hitler’s forces sought to expel the Jews from Europe, no other country would open its doors to the refugees. Their lives at stake, the refugees desperately looked for an escape from the coming Holocaust.

Then, a door opened on the east coast of far-away China, in Shanghai, an “open city” itself in chaos from foreign invasion and civil war. But getting there required a “golden” document to get out of Nazi Europe – a visa from China.

Above the Drowning Sea recounts the courageous ... view more »

ADMISSION INFO

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Phone: 810 767-5922

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Flint Institute of Arts

1120 E. Kearsley, Flint, MI 48503

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Free parking is available on both the North and South entrances of the building. Overflow parking is available using Flint Central High School’s parking lot, adjacent to the South end of the FIA. Click here for directions.

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