Movie Premier: Golda's Secret (part of DocuWest Film Festival)

Award winning German film director Britta Wauer's "Gerda's Silence" is a thoughtful portrait of a tenacious woman who grew up in Nazi Germany and survived the Holocaust.

In the film, popular German radio journalist Knut Elstermann speaks with his "aunt" Gerda, a former neighbor and friend of the family who's now living in New York, about her child - to the shock and horror of everyone present. Years later, and still troubled by the unanswered question, he decides to contact Gerda again and after thoughtful and delicate probing she agrees to meet with him. After sixty years of total silence on the subject, Gerda Schrage decides to talk about her wartime experiences and one of her revelations is that she gave birth to a child while in Auschwitz. This delicate, beautifully structured film is never exploitative or manipulative. Director Wauer shows Gerda's pain and loss, but also celebrates the strength and courage of this remarkable woman. It's a dignified portrait of an extraordinary life about one of the few survivors of the horrors of Auschwitz.

The free screening of "Gerda’s Silence" is Sunday June 27 at 7pm and is open to the public. The film is being shown as part of the DocuWest Film Festival which is held June 23-27 in Golden. DocuWest is presented by the Foothills Art Center and Artful Journey - Evergreen. DocuWest was awarded "Best Film Festival 2010" by Westword! For more festival information visit: www.docuwestfest.com