Events & Activities

  • The Last Survivor

    Education
    October 26, 2011, 7:00 pm


    CinemaSpace at Segal Centre 5170, Côte-Ste-Catherine Road Métro Côte-Ste-Catherine

    At this year's opening event of the Holocaust Education Series, discover the story of of four survivors of genocide and crimes of mass atrocity- the Holocaust, Darfur, the Congo and Rwanda. The Last Survivor presents their struggle to make sense of the tragedy by working to educate the public, thereby becoming powerful agents of change.

    • Wednesday, October 26 at 7pm,
    • CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre, 5170, Côte-Ste-Catherine Road,
    • Free Admission - Seating is Limited
    • Reservations required: 514-739-7944

    The Last Survivor



    Directed by Michael Pertnoy & Michael Kleinman • USA • 2010 • 88 MINS • COLOR • ENGLISH & ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

    The Last Survivor is a character-based, feature-length documentary film that presents the stories of genocide Survivors and their struggle to make sense of tragedy by working to educate, motivate and promulgate a civic response to mass atrocity crimes. It focuses on awareness, prevention and promoting social activism and civic engagement.

    The Last Survivor presents a unique opportunity to learn from the lessons and mistakes of our past in order to have lasting social impact on how we act collectively in the face of similar issues today.

     By presenting these stories of loss, survival, and hope side by side, the film highlights the commonalities these individuals share both as Survivors and, more broadly, as human beings. In the end, the film is above all an intimate meditation on how one begins to pick up the pieces of a broken life after experiencing such tragedy. 

    Sponsored by Maureen and Jack, Frieda Dym and Family.

    This event is the openning Film of the Holocaust Education Series 2011, organised by the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre.