The Cinema Arts Centre will host a screening of “Anne Frank Remembered” as part of their Sunday Schmooze series on Sunday, Jan. 6. Bagels will be served at 10 a.m. and the film will be shown at 11 a.m.
Commissioned by author Gillian Walnes Perry, the groundbreaking, Academy Award-winning documentary provides the first comprehensive portrait of the charming and free-spirited Anne Frank, perhaps the world’s most famous Holocaust victim and gifted diarist.
Inspired partly by the discovery of the only brief film footage of Anne Frank that exists and narrated by actors Glenn Close and Kenneth Branagh, “Anne Frank Remembered” combines photographs, previously undiscovered family letters and rare archival footage.
The film also includes insightful and moving interviews with people who knew the Franks best — most notably Miep Gies, who risked her own life to help shelter them. The film is particularly compelling today given the rise in anti-Semitism worldwide.
In her book, The Legacy of Anne Frank, Perry describes how education about Frank has helped shape the lives of young people in some of the most violent and turbulent regions of the world over the past 30 years, breaking down barriers of prejudice and suspicion.
Perry relates the story as an insider who worked closely with the subject matter for more than 26 years and has had the privilege of spending time with many people who knew Anne and Otto Frank personally.
Co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust UK, Perry was instrumental in the creation of “Anne Frank Remembered,” and was in attendance when it won the Academy Award in 1996. She has lectured worldwide — from 10 Downing Street and the British Film Institute to the United Nations, and from Hong Kong to South Africa.
Among other notables, Perry worked closely with Audrey Hepburn, one of the Anne Frank Trust’s first patrons. In 2010, she was named a member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth for her educational accomplishments, and was invited to share her insights at the White House with First Lady Michelle Obama’s director of policy in April 2016.
Perry will be at the Sunday Schmooze screening of “Anne Frank Remembered” to discuss the film. Tickets are $11 for Cinema Arts Centre members and $16 for the general public.
For more information and tickets, go to cinemaartscentre.org.
The Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave. Huntington.
