Refusenik

Summary

Directed by Laura Bialis this is the first retrospective documentary to chronicle the movement to free Soviet Jews, Refusenik shows how a small grassroots effort launched a global human rights campaign that went on to successfully challenge a Cold War superpower. In the process, it earned the respect of many world leaders and oppressed minorities everywhere. Featuring exclusive film footage, including interviews with well-known (and less well-known) refuseniks and those who worked tirelessly on their behalf on both sides of the Iron Curtain, this important film documents a major event in Jewish history. With a million and a half Jews having left the Soviet Union by 1992, the decades of struggle to free Soviet Jewry proved to be among the most successful human rights campaigns in history. This engrossing film shows just how it happened.

Awards

Audience Favorite Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival