Four Winters

A Story of Jewish Resistance during World War II
A film by Julia Mintz
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In this moving documentary, the last surviving Jewish partisans tell the little-known story of their four years in the forests of Ukraine and Poland, who organized to sabotage Nazis and their collaborators. WATCH THE TRAILER.

With the exception of The Strand Theatre, all Four Winters screenings are free. Schedule and more information below.

Four Winters

For a partial list of resources about the Jewish Partisans who fought and resisted the Nazis

and their collaborators during World War II, please visit the Four Winters Resources page.

Film Schedule

Four Winters Poster

Post-screening Conversations

  • Portland, April 23: Director Julia Mintz will be at the PMA for post-film conversation and Q&A Sunday.
  • Lewiston/Bates College, April 2: Brief musical performance pre-film by Temple Shalom’s Rabbi Sruli Dresdner and Lisa Mayer. Post-film conversation with poet, daughter of partisans, and Holocaust educator Anna Wrobel.
  • Orono/UMaine, April 20: Post film conversation with Anne Knowles, UMaine Professor of History, Derek Michaud, UMaine Lecturer of Philosophy, Coordinator of Religious and Judaic Studies, and Erica Nadelhaft, Education Coordinator at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine.
  • Brunswick/Bowdoin College, April 30: Post-film conversation with Anna Wrobel.

With the exception of The Strand Theatre, all Four Winters screenings are free.

"A stunning, heartfelt narrative of heroism and resilience"

Lincoln Center, NYJFF
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