The Power of Good

The Power of Good is a movie about Nicholas Winton's efforts to save children from Prague in 1938. Winton was a 29 year old English stock broker and he recognized that the NAZI regime wanted to kill Jewish children in Prague. He took it upon himself to get them papers so that they could move to England and find them families that would take them in. All told, he saved more than 600 children. The film is an hour long documentary that seeks to demonstrate that though Winton saved over 600 children, his efforts benefitted more than the 600 children. His efforts enabled these people, many of whom became well known through contributions they made to the world, to have their own children and on and on.

This past week, Mr. Charles Gelman hired me to represent his foundation, The Gelman Education Foundation, to spread information about the film. The film won an Emmy award in 2002. It has a corresponding educational program. Mr. Gelman and his wife want as many people, especially students, to see the film as possible. He desperately wants teachers to show this film to their classes. Many who have already shown it have written to the Foundation expressing the impact that it had on their students. The ideas behind it certainly align with standards in just about every state. Though the Gelman Foundation asks for a $15 contribution for the film, a contribution is not required. (I would certainly not suggest showing this documentary to any students below the seventh grade.)

If you'd like me to have a copy of the film, on DVD, and the educational program sent to you, please email me your name, address, and grade that you plan on showing the film to. Obviously I understand that you'll want to review the film before you show it to your students. My email address is ap@Pass-Ed.com (It's also available on the side of my blog.)

(Though Mr. Gelman doesn't seem to care how many videos he sends out, I don't want to send out 10,000 or more DVDs that get used once. Therefore, I'm hoping that once you view the DVD and show it to your students, you'll pass it around to other teachers, as well.)

I'd also be grateful if readers of this post were willing to link to it on their own blogs to help spread the word as much as possible. Thanks!!