Ganyard, Film Society host screening of Polish/Jewish story, Ida


At 7 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 21) at the Neville Public Museum, historian and Associate Provost Clif Ganyard will introduce the screening of the Academy Award-winning Polish film Ida as part of the Green Bay Film Society international series. Ida tells the story of a young woman who is about to take her vows as a nun when she learns from her mother superior that she is in fact of Jewish descent. She embarks on a personal journey to discover her story and her family’s past dating to the Nazi era. Co-sponsored by the Polish Heritage Society of Green Bay, the evening’s program is free and open to the public.