EPISODE · Oct 7, 2017 · 58 MIN
POLcast episode 47
from POLcast · host Małgorzata P. Bonikowska and Tomek Kniat
In this episode you will hear: Interviews: • Poppies on Canadian graves in Poland Nancy Campbell - a Canadian teacher (an great fan of Poland) who initiated an international collaboration between an elementary school in Poland and an organization out of Edmonton called No Stone Left Alone. She recently visited Krakow to attend an event - the result of this unique partnership between Poland and Canada • A child's journey from the Arctic to the Equator - Part 2 Irene Tomaszewski - an Ottawa-based writer and editor, talks about the unbelievable story of thousands of Polish children (herself included) traveling from Siberia via Iran and India to Africa during WWII. Part 2 focuses on the African chapter. • The man who saved our planet Slawomir Grunberg - an Emmy-winning director, documentary producer and superb cinematographer, educated in Poland at the renowned Lodz Polish Film School, working in the US since 1981, author of dozens of award-winning films, talks about the film he made about the late Stanislaw Pietrov, who saved the world in 1983. Also in this episode: • Being Black In Poland • Polish Roma (Cyganie) • "Smacznego! Eating Polish" - salmon salad • Updates: Andrzej Rozbicki's Polish-Canadian-Cuban story and Filip Terlecki • Our music for you - the best of Polish Roma music.
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In this episode you will hear: Interviews: • Poppies on Canadian graves in Poland Nancy Campbell - a Canadian teacher (an great fan of Poland) who initiated an international collaboration between an elementary school in Poland and an organization out of Edmonton called No Stone Left Alone. She recently visited Krakow to attend an event - the result of this unique partnership between Poland and Canada • A child's journey from the Arctic to the Equator - Part 2 Irene Tomaszewski - an Ottawa-based writer and editor, talks about the unbelievable story of thousands of Polish children (herself included) traveling from Siberia via Iran and India to Africa during WWII. Part 2 focuses on the African chapter. • The man who saved our planet Slawomir Grunberg - an Emmy-winning director, documentary producer and superb cinematographer, educated in Poland at the renowned Lodz Polish Film School, working in the US since 1981, author of dozens of award-winning films, talks about the film he made about the late Stanislaw Pietrov, who saved the world in 1983. Also in this episode: • Being Black In Poland • Polish Roma (Cyganie) • "Smacznego! Eating Polish" - salmon salad • Updates: Andrzej Rozbicki's Polish-Canadian-Cuban story and Filip Terlecki • Our music for you - the best of Polish Roma music.
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