Inglelore, “a mix of first person narrative in spoken English and AS, archival footage, verite footage, and simple re creations, this film is a remarkable and uplifting story of personal and emotional freedom” about a Holocaust survivor who is deaf, was shown during the 8th annual international Jewish Film Festival hosted by Jewish Community Center in Rockland, NY on April 7th.
This film, told by a unique storyteller Ingelore Herz Honigstein, who despite her deafness, eloquently expresses the horror and confusion of a childhood played against the terrifying rise of The Third Reich and her escape to America. There is a great poignancy conveyed through Ingelore’s emotional narration as she speaks and signs to the camera.”
Guest speaker Shiran Zhavian also participated.
According to the film festival website, Israeli-born Shiran Zhavian graduated with an advanced regents diploma and as the Valedictorian from the Lexington School for the Deaf in 2005. She went to Gallaudet University in Washington DC and graduated with a BS degree in Chemistry and is currently applying for graduate school for Chemical Engineering. Shiran was born to Deaf parents who died when she was very young. She was adopted by a hearing interpreter who also worked at Lexington.
The Lexington School, just like for Ingelore, provided her with a sense of stability, balance, education and security. She felt cared for by the teachers and to this day, considers Lexington her second home.
This film showing and program was sponsored by Lexington School and Center for the Deaf; Fran & Peter Jacobs and Jawonio, Inc.
Source: http://jccrockland.org/filmfestival2011/synopses.htm
