The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
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74% Audience Score 100+ Ratings. Waitstill and Martha Sharp leave their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly leave for multiple, life-threatening missions in Europe to rescue...
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- Artemis Joukowsky, Ken Burns
Two Unitarian heroes help Jews escape from the Nazis. Full Review | Nov 13, 2017
Sep 20, 2016 · Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War: Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister, and Martha Sharp, a trained social worker, in February 1939, boldly commit to a life-threatening mission in Europe to assist refugees.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Ken Burns, Artemis Joukowsky
- 2016-09-20
This documentary expands on the film that Artemis Joukowsky produced and directed in 2012 entitled Two Who Dared: The Sharps' War. One major addition was Tom Hanks as the voice actor for Waitstill Sharp.
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Ken Burns. Highest Rated: 100% Two Who Dared: The Sharp's War (2016) Lowest Rated: 70% The Unmaking of a College (2022) Birthday: Jul 29, 1953. Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Sep 20, 2016 · Join an American couple’s courageous mission in 1939 to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe. Over the course of two years, the pair will risk their lives so that hundreds can live in freedom.
Feb 26, 2021 · Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War is a multimedia project, including a documentary film and companion book. This robust collection tells the extraordinary true story of an American couple who risked their lives to save scores of imperiled Jews and refugees fleeing Nazi occupation across Europe.
