The Penn Stater Magazine

‘Street of Our Lady’ Wins National Award

June 29, 2009 at 12:59 pm Chas Brua Leave a comment

Penn State filmmakers Judy Maltz, Barbara Bird, and Richie Sherman have shared some good news with us: Their documentary No. 4 Street of Our Lady won a Golden Eagle Award during the spring CINE competition.

Francisca Halamajowa

The movie tells how Francisca Halamajowa, a Polish Catholic, hid Jewish families from the Nazis. The 15 people she saved—including Maltz’s father and grandparents—were among only 30 Jews who survived in the town of Sokal, out of an original 6,000.

Past winners of the CINE Golden Eagle have included Ken Burns, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese.

You can find out more about the film in Vicki Glembocki’s award-winning story from the Nov./Dec. 2008 Penn Stater (note: clicking on that link downloads a PDF) and at the film’s Web site.

—Chas Brua, contributing editor

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