Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO CREATE HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARY MEDIA PROJECTS WITH THE PURPOSE OF OPENING MINDS, PROVOKING DIALOGUE, AND ENCOURAGING POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE; FILM PRODUCTION IS THE KEY ELEMENT TO ATTAINING KATAHDIN FOUNDATION'S MISSION.
WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY(A FILM)IS BASED ON THE BOOK OF THE SAME TITLE BY SAMUEL KASSOW. THE FILM TELLS THE STORY OF THE OYNEG SHABES, THE SECRET ARCHIVES OF THE WARSAW GHETTO, AND ITS CREATOR EMANUEL RINGLEBLUM. THE FILM WAS COMPLETED IN SPRING 2018. ON APRIL 18, 2018, THERE WAS A PRIVATE POLISH PRE-RELEASE SCREENING OF THE FILM IN WARSAW ON THE EVE OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING. LEADERS FROM THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS, POLISH GOVERNMENT DIGNITARIES, SURVIVORS, SCHOLARS, DONORS, AND CAST AND CREW WERE ALL IN ATTENDANCE.
VISHNIAC (ON GOING PROJECT) IS A NEW FEATURE LENGTH FILM IN DEVELOPMENT ABOUT THE LIFE, WORK, AND LEGACY OF ROMAN VISHNIAC. A PASSIONATE PHOTOGRAPHER AND SCIENTIST, VISHNIAC IS BEST KNOWN FOR HAVING TRAVERSED EASTERN EUROPE FROM 1935 THROUGH 1938, ON ASSIGNMENT FOR THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE, TO PHOTOGRAPH JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE. THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING VISUAL RECORDS OF A WORLD AND CULTURE THAT HAD BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY DESTROYED BY THE END OF WORLD WAR II. THROUGH HIS WORK, WE SEE JEWISH LIFE - NOT JUST IN EASTERN EUROPEAN SHTETLS, BUT ALSO IN COSMOPOLITAN BERLIN; THE NAZI RISE TO POWER; JEWS IN VISA OFFICES ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE EUROPE; ZIONIST TRAINING CAMPS; JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA. THROUGH HIS PHOTOGRAPHS WE CAN SEE AN OBSESSION TO CREATE A VISUAL DOCUMENT OF A PEOPLE WITH WHOM VISHNIAC IDENTIFIED AND A CULTURE HE LOVED - WHICH WAS VANISHING BEFORE HIS EYES.
HESCHEL IS A NEW PROJECT IN DEVELOPMENT ABOUT ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL, A POLISH-BORN AMERICAN RABBI AND ONE OF THE LEADING THEOLOGIANS AND PHILOSOPHERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HESCHEL AUTHORED A NUMBER OF WIDELY READ BOOKS ON PHILOSOPHY AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, MARCHING WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AT SELMA. HE ALSO WAS VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THE VIETNAM WAR AND STARTED AN ANTI-WAR ORGANIZATION CALLED LAITY AND CLERGY CONCERNED ABOUT VIETNAM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Terry Lawler | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Nancy Spielberg | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Lisa Hofheimer | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Lisa Thomas | PRESIDENT | 20 | $0 |
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