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    Fab Screens NOT THE LAST BUTTERFLY ( Women in Film Newsletter June 2016) Following his award-winning documentary, PAPER CLIPS, Joe Fab was bombarded with ideas for other films with a Holocaust-related focus. None of them felt right for him until San Diego ceramic artist and first-time filmmaker Cheryl Rattner Price asked Fab to help her tell the story of her effort to create 1.5 million ceramic butterflies in memory of the Jewish children murdered in the Holocaust. "What began as just a consultation," he says, "led me to become co-director and co- producer on the film." NOT THE LAST BUTTERFLY made its sneak preview debut to a full house on May 3 at LA's Museum of Tolerance. Fab says the screening was a great success, with "laughter and tears in all the right places - and a standing ovation" when the filmmakers took the stage for a post-film Q&A. Look for a run on the festival circuit to begin this Fall. A highlight during the film's production was directing a shoot in the Czech Republic with Ela Weissberger, a survivor of the Terezin concentration camp. "Weissberger's story gives the film its poignant, emotional climax," Fab explains. "Cheryl and I were so fortunate to be able to take her back to the place where the power of art therapy - one of the film's themes - played a key role in her survival." Interested in learning more? Look for Fab to share his experiences in making NOT THE LAST BUTTERFLY in an upcoming WIFV filmmaker Q&A. You can also Email Fab at j.fab@me.com or call him at 703-915- 4266. 

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    NOT The Last Butterfly

    Directed By: Cheryl Rattner Price / Joe Fab (First Feature Film) / 58 Minutes
    USA / 2016 / English
    Documentary / Other
    Territory Rights: WORLD-WIDE
    Exhibition Format: DCP, Prores/QT

    Original Title: NOT The Last Butterfly

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    NOT The Last Butterfly tells the inspiring tale of The Butterfly Project, a grass roots arts and education initiative that memorializes the 1.5 million children killed in the Holocaust through global displays of ceramic butterflies… one butterfly painted for each child. The Butterfly Project’s messages of hope and healing are woven together with survivors’ courageous stories of these dark times, including a little-known story of the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, where a young Ela Weissberger was imprisoned as a child. Now a survivor in her eighties, Ela reveals how she and other children were given the strength to endure the Holocaust by an artist and teacher who helped them express the trauma of their experiences through art. Both a moving account of survival and a lesson in the healing power of art working its magic again, NOT The Last Butterfly offers young and old alike a new way to find hope in one of history’s great tragedies and empowers all of us to take action to create a more peaceful world.

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