Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire - June 19, 2025 @ 8:00 PM
Capitol Theatre | Documentary | 87 Minutes | English
If you think you know about the brilliant writer and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, this profound film allows us to know him as a man who is deeper and much more complex that we realized. With unique access to his family and personal archives and original interviews, this film illuminates Wiesel’s biography as a survivor, writer, teacher, and public figure. Rather than use only film clips as previously, this documentary incorporates original, hand painted animation to illustrate the unimaginable. This film examines the passions, struggles, and enduring impact of a man who became a powerful voice for human rights.
The dilemmas he faced underline the relevance of his teaching in today’s increasingly hostile world, where the memory of the Holocaust is fading and authoritarian threats appear in places we would never have imagined. We are proud to conclude this year’s Windsor Jewish Film Festival with this masterful film from documentarian Oren Rudavsky, whose award-winning films on Jewish life and other socially relevant subject have been featured on PBS, Prime Time and other venues.
Capitol Theatre | Documentary | 87 Minutes | English
If you think you know about the brilliant writer and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, this profound film allows us to know him as a man who is deeper and much more complex that we realized. With unique access to his family and personal archives and original interviews, this film illuminates Wiesel’s biography as a survivor, writer, teacher, and public figure. Rather than use only film clips as previously, this documentary incorporates original, hand painted animation to illustrate the unimaginable. This film examines the passions, struggles, and enduring impact of a man who became a powerful voice for human rights.
The dilemmas he faced underline the relevance of his teaching in today’s increasingly hostile world, where the memory of the Holocaust is fading and authoritarian threats appear in places we would never have imagined. We are proud to conclude this year’s Windsor Jewish Film Festival with this masterful film from documentarian Oren Rudavsky, whose award-winning films on Jewish life and other socially relevant subject have been featured on PBS, Prime Time and other venues.
Capitol Theatre | Documentary | 87 Minutes | English
If you think you know about the brilliant writer and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, this profound film allows us to know him as a man who is deeper and much more complex that we realized. With unique access to his family and personal archives and original interviews, this film illuminates Wiesel’s biography as a survivor, writer, teacher, and public figure. Rather than use only film clips as previously, this documentary incorporates original, hand painted animation to illustrate the unimaginable. This film examines the passions, struggles, and enduring impact of a man who became a powerful voice for human rights.
The dilemmas he faced underline the relevance of his teaching in today’s increasingly hostile world, where the memory of the Holocaust is fading and authoritarian threats appear in places we would never have imagined. We are proud to conclude this year’s Windsor Jewish Film Festival with this masterful film from documentarian Oren Rudavsky, whose award-winning films on Jewish life and other socially relevant subject have been featured on PBS, Prime Time and other venues.