Announcing Courage+Valor: Stories That Inspire, a new, uplifting weeklyseries of short films from the two-time Academy Award®-winning Moriah Films film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Over the years, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has honored hundreds of deserving individualsand presented them with the Center’s Medal of Valor award for their courage and bravery.
The films highlight courageous individuals who have made a difference in the world,impacted upon others, and changed the lives of people around them for the better. Each film focuses on one remarkable individual and their poignant, and many times unknown, story of courage andheroism.
“At a time like this, we need stories that are uplifting thathighlight the best of humanity. This series does just that,” said Rabbi Marvin Founder and dean of theSimon Wiesenthal Center and two-time Academy Award®-winner.
“We are excited that we can share these incredible stories thatwe have been producing for close to three decades with a much larger audience, especially now,” said Richard Trank,Academy Award®-winner, Executive Producer, Principal Writer and Director of Moriah Films.
Profiles include Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, Tree of LifeSynagogue; Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger; Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords; the Tuskegee Airmen; Lord Carey of Clifton, former Archbishop of Canterbury; Carl Laemmle, the founder of UniversalPictures and the savior of hundreds of European Jews fleeing Hitler; and Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, David Ben-Gurion and more.
In order to view the series each week please visit thislink: wiesenthal.com/courage-valor
For further information, please email Michele Alkin, Director, GlobalCommunications at malkin@wiesenthal.com, join the Center onFacebook, www.facebook.com/simonwiesenthalcenter, or follow @simonwiesenthal for news updates sent directly to your Twitter feed.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is aninternational Jewish human rights organization numbering over 400.000 members. It holds consultative status at the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the OAS and the LatinAmerican Parliament (PARLATINO).
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