Dear Friends of Polish Culture ...

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Jolanta Chojecka


In October of 2004 the City of Savannah will hold solemn ceremonies for the reburial of Casimir Pulaski, a hero of America and Poland. Present at the monument will be the hich ranking representatives of the Polish and United States governments, military guests, Revolutionary War re-enactors, Polonia groups and civic organizations. Because of the significance of this occasion, independent "Kontakt" film group in Poland is producing an hour-long documentary film about Pulaski. This is a wonderful chance to inform the public in both Poland and America about Pulaski's contribution to the fight for liberty both in his homeland and abroad.

Our goal is to have the film ready before the ceremonies in Savannah. So that you may become familiar with its content I am attaching a summary of the film script.

This documentary of Pulaski will bring to life the time and victorious spirit of the American Revolution with its impact on contemporary European political thought. We believe that such film will be an absorbing documentary, rich in information and artistic values, for viewers in the United States and Poland.

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Jolanta Chojecka - film director

Jolanta Chojecka is the director of many documentary films made by Polish television, and also of educational films intended for schools and teaching. She has made many historical films which now, only after the political changes, can be shown in Poland. Among these are two films about this history of Radio Free Europe, a film about the Soviet special services in the Polish People's Republic, a film about the PULS underground publishing house which functioned during the 1980s, a film devoted to the emigree writer Tadeusz Wittlin and his experiences in Anders' Army in World War II, a moving portrayal of father Jerzy Popieluszko, a record of Solidarity, a film about Ryszard Kuklinski, and another about the prison on Rakowiecka Street in Warsaw - which was infamous for cruelty of its communist administrators.

Her three films about the political changes in Poland during the year 1989 were called a "New Trilogy" by reviewers - material to stir the heart. Several of these films were shown by Polonia television, and she would like to organize showings of these films in the Polish-American community, with the participation of the director, in some American cities (in Washington the film was already shown in November 2001). Her interest in history no doubt is related to the fact that she had spent the years 1980-1991 abroad, working for Radio Free Europe, first in New York then in Paris. At that time she worked with the emigree press, gaining experience in making films working for French television. Her husband ran the emigree center for publishing and film making in Paris.

About "Kontakt" - the film producer

In 1982, in Paris, a group of Polish refugees founded the Publishing House and monthly magazine "Kontakt". Kontakt's first films were produced in 1984. Almost every television network in the world has broadcast our films. We have cooperated with many important European TV stations, producing reports for them not only from Poland, but also from Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lithuania. In 1990, Kontakt was moved to Poland and registered in Warsaw. "Kontakt" has broadcast nearly 350 hours of its own programs on Polish Television and is one of the biggest independent TV-producers in Poland. Due to the cooperation of prominent Polish directors, cameramen and journalists in Poland and abroad, our films meet the highest artistic standards.