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Pollywood II: Refugees in Paradise by Andrzej Krakowski - book presentation

Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at 6:00pm

6:00 pm - Gift Store open for book purchases

6:30 pm - Presentation with signing

Reception to follow

Admission is $5 for non-members, free of charge for KF members.

Space is limited. Registration required.

The Kosciuszko Foundation kindly invites you for an evening with Professor Andrzej Krakowski. Director, screenwriter, film producer, cartoonist and educator has made over sixty films and TV series. Author of screenplays of eighteen films (among them Jerzy Hoffman's With Fire and Sword) and books including "Pollywood: jak stworzyliśmy Hollywood" [Pollywood: How We Created Hollywood], "Pollywood II: uciekinierzy w raju" [Pollywood II: Refugees in Paradise] and "The World Through the Eye of a Screenwriter".

Pollywood II features another 11 of the Polish-born American film pioneers. Among them are: Mark M. Dintenfass, Max Fleischer, David Sarnoff, Gilda Gray, Anna Held, Max Factor and Sam Spiegel.

Conversation with Prof. Andrzej Krakowski will be hosted by Hanna Hartowicz, Director The New York Polish Film Festival.

Co-organizer: Elżbieta Kieszczyńska - EK Polish Bookstore

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