Safe Haven Screens In Polish Classrooms
Blue Heron International Pictures Press Release
Aleksandra Blalteberg's students are creating posters in their classroom which were inspired by Blue Heron's award-winning Holocaust documentary Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo.
Blalteberg, an English teacher in Poland, has also created a Safe Haven study guide in English to help her students better understand the issues of the Holocaust, and the importance of such values as tolerance, empathy, and the courage necessary to make the right decisions in life.
Blalteberg, an English teacher in Poland, has also created a Safe Haven study guide in English to help her students better understand the issues of the Holocaust, and the importance of such values as tolerance, empathy, and the courage necessary to make the right decisions in life.
Blalteberg's class in Gdynia, Poland is part of a network of students known as Global Dreamers, which was created by Israeli school-teacher Marsha Goren. Goren, who is the educational outreach coordinator for the film, has recently been honored as an
E-pals Ambassador in Israel.
Blue Heron thought you would like to meet a few of the students in Poland, whose impressive artwork was inspired by Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo.
They include Kasia, who likes watching horror movies, and whose chores at home include cleaning the house.
Oskar likes MTV, pizza, and has a pet dog named Roco.
Kinga enjoys swimming and listening to music.
Adam has a hamster and likes to play football and basketball.
Klaudia aspires to become a veterinanrian.
Her pets include a dog and two parrots.
She plays guitar and enjoys watching movies
with her Dad (horror movies..Astro Zombies?)
Marek spends time reading adventure books and listening to rock music.
'Thanks to Marsha Goren's international network of Global Dreamers, students throughout the world have been watching Safe Haven and discussing the values of tolerance, understanding, and the importance of doing the right thing," said director Gary Lester. "I am honored that they have responded to the film in such heart-warming ways, and I am especially proud of the students at Gimnazjum No. 4 in Gdynia."
Safe Haven: The Warsaw Zoo was produced by Feliks Pastusiak in Warsaw and Alex Ringer in Israel. It was directed by Gary Lester, premiered at the West Hollywood International Film Festival last year, and has won numerous awards, including six Crystal Reels from the Florida Motion Picture & Television Association.
Director Gary Lester with Producer Feliks Pastuasiak
Safe Haven has been broadcast twice on Israeli national television with both Hebrew and Russian subtitles. It also screens at the Warsaw Zoo in Polish, and can be seen at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
The Gdynia class project on the Global Virtual Classroom website is titled 'People and Events That Have Changed the Way We See the World.' It won second place in the high school division and can be seen at: http://gvc0913.gvc09.virtualclassroom.org
For information about the Global Dreamers, visit www.globaldreamers.org
You can find the student's posters on the Holocaust unit at Globaldreamers Israel
The Safe Haven Study guide can be found at
www.globaldreamers.org/holocaust09/Safe_Haven-Class_Activities.pdf
Blue Heron International Pictures
Richard Lester, Executive Producer