Description
Screening/Official Selections
Social Justice Film Festival
JxJ Washington Jewish Film Festival
Mountainfilm
Woods Hole Film Festival
London Vision Film Festival
Warsaw Jewish Film Festival
Alpine International Film Festival
Trailer
Synopsis
After escaping Nazi persecution, Sonia Pressman Fuentes grew up knowing that she wanted to lead a life with purpose, but it wasn’t until she was in her late 30s, while working to uphold the Civil Rights Act, that she discovered her calling. With the passion of a convert, Sonia was reborn as a feminist activist.
At age 96, as Sonia faces her final chapter, she reflects on her history, her contributions, and her mortality. Sonia’s determination to be remembered is her final feminist act.
Director
Sarah Colt
Since founding Sarah Colt Productions in 2008, Sarah Colt has primarily directed, written, and produced for PBS’ award-winning history series, American Experience, including the Emmy-nominated Walt Disney, The Gilded Age, Henry Ford, The Polio Crusade, and, most recently, Fly With Me, which tells the surprising history of female flight attendants and their crucial role in fighting for workplace equity and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary. The Disrupted, Sarah Colt’s first independent feature documentary, premiered in 2020 and is an emotionally rich observational drama about three middle-class Americans and their urgent efforts to overcome financial circumstances beyond their control. Sarah has earned several awards for her work, including an Emmy and a Peabody nomination.
Emily Schuman
Emily Schuman is a documentary producer and filmmaker currently co-directing two short films: The Baker’s Hotline, a playful look at a real emergency hotline for home bakers, and SONIA, which chronicles the extraordinary life of feminist pioneer Sonia Pressman Fuentes. Her directorial debut, When I’m Her (ITVS), follows a dancer who finds freedom through his glamorous alter ego, Madame Olga. She is producing Northern Residents, a feature about orca researchers on Hanson Island, and Finding Fanny, a portrait of 19th-century lithographer Fanny Palmer. Emily co-produced Judy Blume Forever (Sundance 2023). Based in Brooklyn, she began her career as an IATSE Local 600 camera assistant.
