MY NAME IS SARA | GPJFF in Conversation

Dr. Elliot Ratzman, GPJFF Screening Committee Member, interviews Steven Oritt, Director of MY NAME IS SARA. Streaming at the 40th Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival! Based on a true story, MY NAME IS SARA is a gripping saga of courage, compassion, and defiance. After possibly losing her entire family in the Holocaust and barely escaping the Nazis herself, Sara (Zuzanna Surowy) borrows her Christian best friend’s identity to seek shelter in the Ukrainian countryside. Taken in by a local farmer and his young wife, she tends to their farm and two young children in exchange for food and a place to sleep. Living a lie, Sara knows that her only chance of survival rests on her ability to pass for a local. However, she soon learns she is not the only one harboring a deep, dark secret. After discovering what’s been plaguing her employer’s marriage, life at the farm becomes increasingly tricky as Sara strives to keep her true identity hidden at all costs. #GPJFF #FilmFestival #Philadelphia