"Carol of the Bells" Film Screening
When:
Wednesday, Jul 20, 2022 7:00p -
9:00p
Wednesday, Jul 20, 2022 7:00p -
9:00p
Where:
West Newton Cinema
1296 Washington Street
West Newton, MA 02465
Admission:
$13
Hosted by:
Categories:
History
Join us for a special in-person screening of Carol of the Bells.
Immortalised as one of the most scintillating and uplifting Christmas songs, Carol of the Bells adapted from a popular and loved Ukrainian folk melody, came to represent the spirit of brotherhood and unity all over the world. The peaceful and neighbourly existence of three families, Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish, sharing a large house, musical evenings and merriment in the city of Stanislaviv in the years preceding and post war, is shattered. First in the Soviet occupation and the persecution of the Polish family, then, by the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, and the decimation of the Jewish family. Sacrificing their lives the Ukrainian family manage to save their neighbours' children and their own daughter. Death and loss come to these families, but the healing power and joy, and a promise that the Future Will Not be Cancelled which Carol of the Bells evokes will be everlasting.
