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The films, newest first. Every one is a true story, researched by hand, and every card is the way to the page that sources it.
The first films are in production; the pages are ready.
This week the voices on the current
Where the films land.
Water · b. 1975Scott Harrison
A burned-out nightclub promoter gave away almost everything he owned, talked his way onto a hospital ship — and turned his own rock bottom into clean water for millions.
Recovery · b. 1984Jelly Roll
He was in a jail cell the day his daughter was born — and years later sat before the U.S. Senate and admitted he had once been part of the problem.
Origin · 1900–1986Chiune Sugihara
Tokyo said no — twice. He hand-wrote visas eighteen hours a day, and kept signing all the way to the train.
Origin · 1885–1954Aristides de Sousa Mendes
He signed visas until his hand gave out — thousands of them — then died penniless and disgraced.
Origin · 1912–1947?Raoul Wallenberg
He saved tens of thousands with paper he invented — then vanished into Soviet custody.
Origin · 1909–2015Nicholas Winton
He rescued 669 children — and said almost nothing about it for fifty years.
Held to the Light
A quiet note when a new voice is lifted up. You’re in good company.