101 Independence Ave Se
Washington, District of Columbia 20003

documentary filmmaker Pavel Štingl will present his film Four Pairs of Shoes (Čtyři
páry bot), a documentary portrait on the life of Jan Wiener, at the Library of Congress in the Pickford Theater. Wiener fled war-torn
Europe during World War II and returned as an RAF serviceman. He was sent into forced labor for five years during the 1950s, and
left for the USA in the 60s, becoming a professor of history. A Q&A with director Pavel Štingl follows the screening. Admission is free.
For more information, contact Gail Shirazi at [email protected]. (DIR. Pavel Štingl, 1997, 55 min., Czech with English subtitles).

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