In A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings, filmmaker Aviva Kempner chronicles the lives of her mother Hanka and uncle Dudek Ciesla before, during, and after World War II. From their idyllic Jewish upbringing in Poland through surviving the Holocaust to their tearful reunion after the war, the film follows the siblings’ incredible story and the lives they built in America as painter Helen Ciesla Covensky and businessman and philanthropist David Chase.
Following the screening, there will be a discussion with director Aviva Kempner, consulting producer Dr. Eva Fogelman, and author Hadassah Lieberman.