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Becoming Henry/Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Los Angeles Premiere
Documentary/France/90 minutes/2012
Directed by Laurent Bouzereau
Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival
Actor, director, Krakow Ghetto survivor, American fugitive - filmmaker Roman Polanski addresses every aspect of his celebrated, tragic and scandalous life in this intimate documentary. Interviewed by a long-time friend, Polanski sets the record straight on the 1968 murder of his pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, by the Manson cult, and his 1977 sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl that led to his exile and, 30 years later, arrest in Switzerland. Clips from such Polanski classics as "Rosemary's Baby," "Chintown" and most especially, "The Pianist" connect the Oscar-winner's anguished past as a survivor of the Holocaust with his artistic achievements, making for the definitive picture of this complex artist.
Q&A to follow film with director Laurent Bouzereau, moderated by Danielle Berrin, "The Hollywood Jew" from the Jewish Journal.
Prededed by:
Becoming Henry
West Coast Premiere
Short/USA/9 minutes/2012
Produced by Stephanie Silverman Houser
A short film based on a true story from the book, 'An Unbroken Chain: My Journey though the Nazi Holocaust' by Henry A. Oertelt. A German immigrant is questioned during a cocktail party in Minnesota regarding his whereabouts during World War II and discovers that the world can be a very small place.
Q&A with Stephanie Silverman Houser
Sponsored by the LA Museum of the Holocaust, Pamela & Randol Schoenberg and the Goldrich Family Foundation.
Community Partners: the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland and the LA Polish Film Festival.
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LocationLaemmle's Music Hall
9036 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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