"The Lady in Number 6," the film based on the life of Alice Herz-Sommer won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Short Documentary. Mrs. Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest known Holocaust survivor and pianist, passed away in London at the age of 110 one week before Sunday's Oscar ceremony. The film's producer, Nicholas Reed, stated, “Kids all over the world grow up on superheroes. What we, their parents, must remind them, is documentaries tell stories … [Read more...]
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