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Big Sonia

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Poster for Big Sonia Standing tall at 4’8″, Sonia Warshawski is a tiny woman with a huge personality. Diva, business owner, and Holocaust survivor, Sonia has just been served an eviction notice for John’s Tailoring, the last (and most popular) shop standing in a dying mall in suburban Kansas City. Sonia struggles with retirement, while her life lessons span generations.

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Year:
2016
Country:
USSR
Director:
Todd Soliday, Leah Warshawski
Genre:
Documentary Shoah
IMDB
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Shown at

  1. 15th Annual Ventura County Jewish Film Festival - 2018
  2. Atlanta Jewish Film Festival - 2017
  3. Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival - 2019
  4. Berkshire Jewish Film Festival - 2017
  5. Beth Tzedec Jewish Film Festival - 2017
  6. Central Florida Jewish Film Festival - 2017
  7. Chicago Jewish Film Festival - 2018
  8. Corvallis Jewish Film Festival - 2018
  9. Dayton Jewish International Film Festival - 2018
  10. Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival - 2017
  11. Falmouth Jewish Congregation Summer Jewish Film Series - 2017
  12. Maine Jewish Film Festival - 2018
  13. Morris and Mollye Fogelman International Jewish Film Festival - 2018
  14. Oklahoma Jewish Film Festival - 2018
  15. Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival - 2018
  16. Rehoboth Beach Jewish Film Festival - 2018
  17. San Francisco Jewish Film Festival - 2017
  18. Savannah Jewish Film Festival - 2018
  19. Southampton Jewish Film Festival - 2017
  20. Southwest Michigan Jewish Film Festival - 2017
  21. St. Louis Jewish Film Festival - 2018

1 Response

  1. jewishfilmfests says:
    January 15, 2016 at 6:42 am

    Jewish Film Festival features ‘Big Sonia’ fundraiser Jan. 31

    A VIP fundraiser for “BIG SONIA,” a feature documentary profiling Sonia Warshawski, is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. Jan. 31, as a special event through the Kansas City Jewish Film Festival. Filmmakers and co-directors Leah Warshawski and Todd Soliday will screen 30 minutes of new footage they are editing for the film.

    http://www.kcjc.com/index.php/current-news/latest-news/3553-jewish-film-festival-features-big-sonia-fundraiser-jan-31

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