Film: Dear Ambassador

“Dear Ambassador” will be shown at Lubar Commons, Law School
4:30 p.m.: Reception

5:00-7:00 p.m.: Film Screening

Lubar Commons, Law School, 975 Bascom Mall

“Dear Ambassador” featuring an introduction and post-screening Q&A with the film’s director, Luiz Fernando Goulart

“Dear Ambassador” is the extraordinary story of Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas, who served as Brazilian Ambassador to Paris during WWII. A largely unsung hero, he defied his own government’s orders by granting hundreds of unauthorized visas to Jews and others facing imminent capture and death. Consisting of reenactments, interviews with survivors, and archival footage, “Dear Ambassador” commemorates Brazil’s counterpart to Oskar Schindler and Raoul Wallenberg, who like them was awarded posthumously the title Righteous Among the Nations at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.

For details, see https://iew.international.wisc.edu/dear-ambassador/.