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US Premiere
USA, 2001,
84 min, 16mm
Jacky Comforty, Director 

Saturday, March 17, 7:00 pm

Special Guest: Jacky Comforty, Filmmaker

Music by Balkan Time Zone.

The Optimists 

The largely unknown story of how Bulgarian Christians and Muslims helped save 50,000 Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust despite their government's collaboration with the Nazis. Shot in Israel and Europe, the footage includes oral histories from witnesses and survivors; unique archival film footage from newly-opened Bulgarian archives; and rare photos of Bulgarian Jewish life before and during WWII.  A fascinating story of the best and worst sides of human nature, narrated by director Jacky Comforty, whose family was among those saved.   
                                       

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