Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 4:30-6:30 PM ET
Hawthorne Theaters
300 Lafayette Ave
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
Use promo code CHOPIN20 for 20% off TICKETS.
This event is recommended by the Polish Cultural Institute New York.
“Music can transform things. You can heal yourself with music. Music can bring peace….” Will Chopin’s music have the power to bring healing in these places affected by war and suffering?
The premiere film screening of Chopin: I am not Afraid of Darkness, includes Q&A session. A Charity Dinner Reception will be held at 7:00 PM at Due Fratelli restaurant booked as a seperate package along with the film screening.
Special guest Lt Col H. Ripley (“Rip”) Rawlings IV (ret.), founder of Ripley’s Heroes, will speak briefly after the film and more extensively with a meet and greet at the charity dinner reception.
Donations at the event help Ukrainian refugee children in Poland via the SOK Foundation and there will be opportunites to support Ripley’s Heroes. A tax deductible gift to SOK can be made on our GoFundMe campaign with the help of The Kosciusko Foundation.
Film Synopsis: Three pianists prepare concerts in places associated with conflict and unimaginable suffering, where no one would expect to hear live music:
- Poland – at Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- South Korea – on a bridge with the authoritarian North Korean border (DMZ)
- Lebanon – in Beirut city center
The film takes the viewer on a cinematic journey through these unique and sinister sceneries, while weaving together the stories of these outstanding musicians – one a Pole, another Korean, and the third a Syrian immigrant who is half Polish.
Chopin: I am not Afraid of Darkness received a 59th Golden Prague International Television Festival award in September 2022.
Local Supporters for this event:
Vatra Legersky, a division of REML™, is the official promoter of Chopin: I am not Afraid of Darkness in the USA on behalf of Inbornmedia.
