Hartford Jewish Film Fest - Avenue of Giants

Phyllis Hoffman Hartford Jewish Film Fest Presents: Avenue of Giants Starring Stephen Lang (Avatar) and Elsie Fisher (Eight Grade), Avenue of the Giants tells the true story of Herbert Heller who kept his miraculous escape from the Auschwitz Birkenau death camp a secret for 60 years, even from his family. That is, until he meets Abbey, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born. “Reel Talk” following film: Jessica Cooperman, Doris and Simon Konover Chair in Judaic Studies and Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut.