November 2015
Library of Congress, Washington DC (16) Kristallnacht commemoration
Holy Blossom Centre, Toronto, Canada (3) Holocaust Education Week
May 2014
College Women's Association of Japan(11)
February 2014
Wako city (Saitama) (8)
November 2013
Kunitachi College of Music Senior School(17)
May 2012
Czech TV (5)
Floral Park NY, US (4~)
Kew Gardens - Kew Gardens - Kew Gardens Cinemas, Long Island (20~)
West Newton Cinema, Boston, US (playing in its 26th consecutive week!)
April 2012
New York City - Quad Cinema (18~) - NY theatrical premiere!
Cabot St. Cinema, Beverly, Massachusetts, US (10～)
Grand Cinema, Tacoma, Washington, US (10～)
Bayside Academy, Alabama, US (6)
Murphy High School, Alabama, US (6)
UMS-Wright, Mobile, Alabama, US (5)
The delivery of a battered suitcase to Fumiko Ishioka at the Tokyo Holocaust Museum begins the true-life mystery that became the subject of Karen Levineʼs best-selling book Hanaʼs Suitcase. The suitcase came from the Auschwitz Museum and had Hana Bradyʼs name painted on it. Larry Weinsteinʼs masterful film follows Fumikoʼs search to discover the details of Hanaʼs life, which leads to the discovery of her brother George in Toronto. As small children they had been sent to Thereisenstadt for being Jewish after the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939. A superb musical score by Alexina Louie and Alex Pauk, coupled with dramatic reenactments stunningly shot by Horst Zeidler, catches us by the heart to invoke the tragedy of the times. The voices of children from Japan, Canada, and the Czech Republic telling Hanaʼs story are woven around the drama, along with Georgeʼs memories and Fumikoʼs quest, to create a film of astonishing power and hope.
-------------------------------------------------- Film Details:
Country of Origin: Canada/Czech Republic
Original Language: English
Running Time: 90 minutes
Directors: Larry Weinstein
Writer: Thomas Wallner
Cinematography: Horst Zeidler
Film Editing: David New
2011 March 3-19 / Magnus Theatre THUNDER BAY, CANADA link
2011 April 29-May 8 / Kaleidoscope Theatre VICTORIA, CANADA link
JAPAN
★Theater Dora
2010
Soka Central Community Hall, Saitama
Gifu city, Gifu
Mizuho city, Gifu
Tsukuba city, Ibaraki
Hiroshima city, Hiroshima
Okayama city, Okayama
Hongo Junior high school, Tokyo
Itabashi, Tokyo
Kitakata city, Fukushima
Shibetsu city, Hokkaido
Asahikawa city, Hokkaido
Sapporo city, Hokkaido
Otaru city, Hokkaido
Hakodate city, Hokkaido
Fujisawa city, Kanagawa
Narashino city, Chiba
Shinagawa, Tokyo
Kanazawa city, Ishikawa
Nanao city, Ishikawa
Komatsu city, Ishikawa
Sagamihara high school, Kanagawa
Iruma city, Saitama
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Handa city, Aichi
Fuji city, Shizuoka
Shizuoka Science Technology high school, Shizuoka
Saitama South Children's Theater, Saitama
Chita city, Aichi
★Theater Kooro
2010 / Shizuoka, Tokyo, & other places
2007 Sept / Gifu, Tokyo, & other places
CANADA
World premiere in 2006 in Toronto, Canada
2010 April / Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People TORONTO
2008 Feb-March / The Grande Theatre LONDON
2007 Nov-Dec / Geordie Productions Theatre for Young Audiences MONTREAL
2007 Oct / Green Thumb Theatre VANCOUVER
2006 Nov / Manitoba Theater for Young People WINNIPEG
2006 Oct-Nov / Citadel Theater EDOMONTON
2006 March / Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People TORONTO
US
US premiere in 2007 in St.Louis
2009 Apr / Omaha Theater Company OMAHA, NE
2008 Apr-May / Chicago Children’s Theatre CHICAGO, IL
2007 Sept-Oct / First Stage Children’s Theatre MILWAUKEE, WI
2007 Oct / Lexington Children’s Theatre LEXINGTON, KY
