Big Honors for “Our Lady”
August 12, 2009 at 9:21 am Tina Hay Leave a comment
Got an e-mail yesterday from Judy Maltz, one of the three Penn State faculty members behind the film No. 4 Street of Our Lady, which we wrote about in our Nov-Dec 2008 issue. She was writing to say that the film won the grand prize for best feature documentary at the Rhode Island International Film Festival last weekend.
The film tells of the heroism of a Polish Catholic woman, Francisca Halamajowa, who successfully hid 16 of her Jewish neighbors from the Nazis during World War II. One of those she saved was Herb Maltz, Judy Maltz’s father.
What’s especially cool is that the Rhode Island International Film Festival is an Academy-Award qualifying festival—meaning that No. 4 Street of Our Lady may be eligible to compete for an Oscar.
Tina Hay, editor
Entry filed under: College of Communications, The Penn Stater magazine. Tags: Academy Awards, Barbara Bird, Francisca Halamajowa, Holocaust, Judy Maltz, No. 4 Street of Our Lady, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Richie Sherman, World War II.
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