My Father’s Story
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The story of what happened to the non-Jewish Poles during World War II is seldom heard. “My Father’s Story” is just one Polish voice -out of two and a half million people who were taken from their homes and placed into forced labor by the Nazis. This is the story of Romuald Kocol’s struggle, liberation by the Americans, and his emigration to the United States.
Film Details
Director: Mary Kocol
Writer: Mary Kocol
Year of Release: 1998
Running Time: 10:40
New England Connection: Mary Kocol is a filmmaker and artist from Massachusetts and her film "My Father's Story" screened in 1999 at the New England Film & Video Festival.
Director(s) Bio:: Mary Kocol is a filmmaker and fine art photographer. She is a recipient of the 1999 Massachusetts Media Fellowship. My Father's Story was supported in part by grants from the LEF Foundation and the Somerville Arts Council, through the Mass Cultural Council. Her photographs are among the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and others. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship for her photography.
Camera Used: 16mm Bolex
Editing software: Steenbeck!
Financed by: Grants/Scholarships
For more information: http://marykocol.com/kocomotion.htm
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