Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Cordially Invites You to the
Long Island Premiere of the documentary film

REFUSENIK

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ABOUT THE FILM
REFUSENIK is the first retrospective film to chronicle the 30-year international movement to free Soviet Jews. What started as a small grassroots movement bold enough to take on a Cold War superpower blossomed into an international human rights crusade that engaged the disempowered and world leaders alike. Told through
the eyes of activists on both sides of the Iron Curtain - many of whom survived
punishment in Soviet Gulag labor camps - the film is a tapestry of first-person accounts of heroism, sacrifice, and ultimately, liberation.

Activists in Los Angeles march for
Soviet Jewry at a 1969 Simchat Torah rally

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
An avid historian and film buff, Laura Bialis founded the Foundation for Documentary Projects as a way to fuse her love of history and interest in human rights with her passion for filmmaking. An award-winning documentary filmmaker, her work as producer and director has ranged from documentaries about human rights, poverty, and wartime memories, to commercial projects for clients such as TV Guide Channel and Universal Television. Much of her work has focused on stories of the Jewish people. Laura produced and directed REFUSENIK, a critically-acclaimed documentary about the 30-year international human rights campaign to free Soviet Jewry. The film was theatrically released in cities across the United States in spring/summer 2008 and is headed for international television broadcast.

Soviet Jewry activists (including Zev Yaroslavsky and
Si Frumkin) in Los Angeles

The Refuseniks (from left to right) back: Vitaly Rubin, Vladimir Slepak,
Lev Ovsisscher, Alexander Druk, Yossi Beilin, Dina Beilin front:
Natan Sharansky, Ida Nudel, Alexander Lerner

SPONSORS

Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Congregational Beth Emeth of Hewlett
Temple Chaverim, Plainview
Jewish Community Center of Inwood
Temple Hillel, North Woodmere
Temple Israel of Long Beach
Lido Beach Synagogue
Dix Hills Jewish Center