Big Sonia
Year: 2016 Country: Director: Todd Soliday, Leah Warshawski Genre: |
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.Shown at
- 15th Annual Ventura County Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Atlanta Jewish Film Festival - 2017
- Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival - 2019
- Central Florida Jewish Film Festival - 2017
- Chicago Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Corvallis Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Dayton Jewish International Film Festival - 2018
- Maine Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Morris and Mollye Fogelman International Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Oklahoma Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Rehoboth Beach Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- Savannah Jewish Film Festival - 2018
- St. Louis Jewish Film Festival - 2018
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