The Strand Theatre in Rockland is hosting two screenings of the film “No
Place On Earth,” about the discovery of the caves in which 38 Ukrainian
Jews lived for 18 months, surviving the Holocaust, and the return of 4
of them to the site 67 years later.
The Tuesday, June 18, 2013, matinee screening will be introduced by Maine
photographer Peter Jones, who specializes in cave photography and is a
close colleague of Chris Nicola, who discovered the cave hiding places.
Further information follows below. This sounds like a remarkable film
documenting an uplifting story emerging from a tragic time in modern
history.
Holocaust Survivors Return to Cave Hiding Place in NO PLACE ON EARTH
ROCKLAND, Maine – The Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., hosts two special
screenings of “No Place on Earth,” a documentary chronicling the survival of
38 Ukrainian Jews hiding in caves during World War II, Friday, June 14, at
5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, June 18, at 1:00 p.m. The June 18 event features an
introduction by local photographer Peter Jones.
The remarkable true story of “No Place On Earth” starts out as a mystery.
While exploring some of the longest caves in the world in southwestern
Ukraine in the 1990s, American caver Chris Nicola stumbled onto unusual
objects … an antique lady’s shoe and comb, old buttons, an Old World key. Was
the vague rumor true, that some Jews had hidden in this cave during WWII,
and if so, had any survived to tell their tale?
“No Place on Earth” brings to light the untold story of 38 Ukrainian Jews who
survived the Holocaust by living in those caves for 18 months, the
longest-recorded sustained underground survival.
Sixty-seven years later, Nicola leads four of the survivors back to Ukraine
to say thank you to “the cave.” Building upon interviews with them and with Nicola, documentary filmmaker Janet Tobias filmed the present-day
return visit to Verteba and Priest’s Grotto caves. Complete with dramatic
reenactments, “No Place on Earth” is an extraordinary testament to ingenuity,
willpower, and endurance against all odds.
The June 18 screening will be introduced with remarks by local
photographer Peter Jones, who has been exploring and photographing the underground world for
44 years, and who provides insight into the caver Chris Nicola’s
discoveries—a decade ago—of the artifacts that led to bringing this story
to light.
This film is not rated. Tickets: $8.50 adults / $7.50 students and seniors.
For more information visit www.rocklandstrand.com. Tel: (207) 594-0070 EX 3
Email: info@rocklandstrand.com.