• 2017
  • 1h 33m
Big Sonia

Summary In the last store in a defunct shopping mall, 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski - great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor - runs the tailor shop she's owned for more than thirty years. But when she's served an eviction notice, the specter of retirement prompts Sonia to revisit her harrowing past as a refugee and witness to genocide. A poignant story of generational trauma and healing, BIG SONIA also offers a laugh-out-loud-funny portrait of the power of love to triumph over bigotry, and the power of truth-telling to heal us all. View more details

  • 2017
  • 1h 33m

Big Sonia

Directed : Leah Warshawski Todd Soliday

Written : Eric Frith

Stars : Sonia Warshawski SuEllen Fried Caroline James Kennedy Regina Kort

All cast & crew

7.6

Details

Genres : Family History Documentary

Release date : Jun 17, 2017

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official Facebook Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Production companies : KC Film Office True Productions Inflatable Film

Summary In the last store in a defunct shopping mall, 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski - great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor - runs the tailor shop she's owned for more than thirty years. But when she's served an eviction notice, the specter of retirement prompts Sonia to revisit her harrowing past as a refugee and witness to genocide. A poignant story of generational trauma and healing, BIG SONIA also offers a laugh-out-loud-funny portrait of the power of love to triumph over bigotry, and the power of truth-telling to heal us all. View more details

Details

Genres : Family History Documentary

Release date : Jun 17, 2017

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official Facebook Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Production companies : KC Film Office True Productions Inflatable Film

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Big Sonia (2016) Leah Warshawski and Sonia Warshawski in Big Sonia (2016) Leah Warshawski, Todd Soliday, and Sonia Warshawski in Big Sonia (2016) Sonia Warshawski in Big Sonia (2016) Sonia Warshawski in Big Sonia (2016) Sonia Warshawski in Big Sonia (2016) Leah Warshawski, Todd Soliday, Regina Kort, and Sonia Warshawski at an event for Big Sonia (2016) Leah Warshawski and Todd Soliday at an event for Big Sonia (2016) Morrie Warshawski and Sonia Warshawski at an event for Big Sonia (2016) Leah Warshawski and Sonia Warshawski at an event for Big Sonia (2016) Big Sonia (2016) Big Sonia (2016)
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