Eric Bednarski, a 2006 PitR alumnus and 2008 intern, is a Halifax-based filmmaker who has studied in Europe and North America. His films have screened on Danish and Polish television, internationally at festivals, and at the State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau. His documentaries display his passion for history. His newest film, The Strangest Dream, a Canadian National Film Board production, premiered in Halifax in September 2008. It tells the story of Joseph Rotblat, the history of nuclear weapons, and the efforts of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs -- an international movement Rotblat co-founded -- to halt nuclear proliferation. Postcard from Auschwitz (2003) tells the wartime story of a relative sent to the notorious concentration camp, while MDM (2005) explores how ideology and architecture came together to create a controversial neighborhood in post-war Communist Poland. The Strangest Dream will premiere in London on December 9, 2008. CR
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