Defying the Nazis : the Sharps' war / a film by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky ; a co-production of No Limits Media, Inc. and Florentine Films, in association with WETA, Washington, DC ; directors, Ken Burns, Artemis Joukowsky III ; producers, Ken Burns, Matthew Justus.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: DNAZ601 | PBSLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: Arlington, VA : PBS, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781627898324
- 1627898328
- Sharps' war
- Editor, Erik Angra ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz; interviews directed by Deborah Shaffer ; director of photography, Michael Julian Berz.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD | Main Library | DVD | 940.5318 D316 | Available | 33111009041076 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This documentary recounts the humanitarian efforts of American minister Waitstill Sharp and his wife Martha during World War II, as they spend two years helping a number of refugees flee from the Holocaust. Directed by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky. ~ Jack Rodgers, Rovi
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen; stereo.
Closed-captioned; English dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; video described.
Tom Hanks, voice of Waitstill Sharp ; Marina Goldman, voice of Martha Sharp.
Editor, Erik Angra ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz; interviews directed by Deborah Shaffer ; director of photography, Michael Julian Berz.
Widescreen.
Originally released 2016.
Rating: TVPG.
Tells the never-before-told story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe. Over two dangerous years they helped save scores of imperiled dissidents and refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation across Europe.