{"id":6938,"date":"2022-11-04T21:29:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/?p=6938"},"modified":"2022-11-04T21:40:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:40:46","slug":"us-premiere-of-film-chopin-i-am-not-afraid-of-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2022\/11\/04\/us-premiere-of-film-chopin-i-am-not-afraid-of-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"US Premiere of Film 'Chopin: I am Not Afraid of Darkness&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saturday,&nbsp;November&nbsp;5,&nbsp;2022&nbsp;at 4:30-6:30 PM&nbsp;ET<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawthorne Theaters<br>300 Lafayette Ave<br>Hawthorne, NJ 07506<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use promo code <strong>CHOPIN20<\/strong> for 20% off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickettailor.com\/events\/vatralegersky\/777946\"><strong>TICKETS<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is recommended by the Polish Cultural Institute New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/1dNcSCe8wpI\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8222;Music can transform things. You can heal yourself with music. Music can bring peace&#8230;.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Will Chopin\u2019s music have the power to bring healing in these places affected by war and suffering?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The premiere film screening of <strong>Chopin: I am not Afraid of Darkness<\/strong>, includes Q&amp;A session. A Charity Dinner Reception will be held at 7:00 PM at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Due+Fratelli+Ristorante\/@40.9480891,-74.154592,16z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x31ec8c7284511525!8m2!3d40.9492884!4d-74.1532187\"><strong>Due Fratelli<\/strong><\/a> restaurant booked as a seperate package along with the film screening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special guest Lt Col H. Ripley (\u201cRip\u201d) Rawlings IV (ret.), founder of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ripleysheroes.org\/\"><strong>Ripley&#8217;s Heroes<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;will speak briefly after the film and more extensively with a meet and greet at the charity dinner reception<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Donations at the event help Ukrainian refugee children in Poland via the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/sok-foundation-recipe-for-independence\"><strong>SOK Foundation<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and there will be opportunites to support Ripley&#8217;s Heroes.&nbsp;A tax deductible gift to SOK can be made on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/sok-foundation-recipe-for-independence\"><strong>our GoFundMe campaign<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;with the help of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekf.org\/kf\/\"><strong>The Kosciusko Foundation<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads.tickettailor.com\/c_limit,w_630\/v1\/production\/userfiles\/event_description_image_125908_1667577244_8e364.jpg\" alt=\"event_description_image_125908_1667577244_8e364.jpg\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" \/><figcaption>Ripley (\u201cRip\u201d) Rawlings IV<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Film Synopsis:<\/strong>&nbsp;Three pianists prepare concerts in places associated with conflict and unimaginable suffering, where no one would expect to hear live music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Poland<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; at Auschwitz Concentration Camp<\/li><li><strong>South Korea<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; on a bridge with the authoritarian North Korean border (DMZ)<\/li><li><strong>Lebanon<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; in Beirut city center<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The film takes the viewer on a cinematic journey through these unique and sinister sceneries, while weaving together the stories of these outstanding musicians \u2013&nbsp;<strong>one a Pole, another Korean, and the third a Syrian immigrant who is half Polish<\/strong>.<br><br><em>Chopin: I am not Afraid of Darkness&nbsp;received a 59th Golden Prague International Television&nbsp;Festival award in September 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads.tickettailor.com\/c_limit,w_630\/v1\/production\/userfiles\/event_description_image_125908_1665093098_76321.png\" alt=\"event_description_image_125908_1665093098_76321.png\" width=\"277\" height=\"137\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>Local Supporters for this event:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bergen.edu\/\">Bergen Community College<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishstudies.rutgers.edu\/189-department-of-jewish-studies\">Rutgers University &#8211; Department of Jewish Studies<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rusticsquare.com\/\"><\/a><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rusticsquare.com\/\">Rustic Square Art Studio<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatralegersky.com\/media-shop.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vatra Legersky<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/strong>a division of REML&#x2122;,&nbsp;is the official promoter of&nbsp;<strong><em>Chopin: I am not Afraid of Darkness<\/em><\/strong> in the USA on behalf of&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inbornmedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inbornmedia<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rem-legery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads.tickettailor.com\/c_limit,w_630\/v1\/production\/userfiles\/event_description_image_125908_1665117335_935f0.png\" alt=\"event_description_image_125908_1665117335_935f0.png\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday,&nbsp;November&nbsp;5,&nbsp;2022&nbsp;at 4:30-6:30 PM&nbsp;ET Hawthorne Theaters300 Lafayette AveHawthorne, NJ 07506 Use promo code CHOPIN20 for 20% off TICKETS. This event is recommended by the Polish Cultural Institute New York. &#8222;Music can transform things. You can heal yourself with music. Music can bring peace&#8230;.&#8221;\u00a0Will Chopin\u2019s music have the power to bring healing in these places affected by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":6939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Premiere of Film &#039;Chopin: I am Not Afraid of Darkness&#039; - Instytut Polski w Nowym Jorku<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2022\/11\/04\/us-premiere-of-film-chopin-i-am-not-afraid-of-darkness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pl_PL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Premiere of Film &#039;Chopin: I am Not Afraid of Darkness&#039; - Instytut Polski w Nowym Jorku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saturday,&nbsp;November&nbsp;5,&nbsp;2022&nbsp;at 4:30-6:30 PM&nbsp;ET Hawthorne Theaters300 Lafayette AveHawthorne, NJ 07506 Use promo code CHOPIN20 for 20% off TICKETS. 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