Docs in Salute Series Launched

   A packed crowd eagerly listened to a lecture on the life of the acclaimed director Miloš Forman by Czech Cultural Attaché Robert Řehák and then viewed a screening of excerpts from a documentary on the director’s life at the Pickford Theater in the Library of Congress on September 4.  The film Miloš Forman: What Doesn’t Kill You… delves into Forman’s experiences under totalitarian regimes in his native Czech lands and discusses their influence upon his films. The event launched the Library’s Docs in Salute film series, which focuses on interesting personalities touched by Jewish themes and pays tribute to Miloš Forman’s parents who died in concentration camps. Click here for Marsha Dubrow's review in the Examiner.