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Directed by Roberta Grossman and narrated by Joan Allen, Blessed Is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Hannah joined a mission to rescue Hungary’s Jews. Shockingly, it was the only outside rescue mission for Jews during the Holocaust. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Fire in My Heart: The Story of Hannah Seneshis the first-ever exhibition about Hannah Senesh curated by Dr. Louis D. Levine at the Museum of Jewish Hetiage in New York. Dr. Levine was the founding Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, where he directed and curated over 20 exhibitions

This film is being shown as part of the Raoul Wallenberg Project sponsored by the Sprague Library and Global Education.

This film-screening series, sponsored by the Film Institute at Montclair State, is a weekly program for MSU students and the public. The program features contemporary filmmakers who come to speak about their work and profession in an open forum that invites audience members to ask questions and hear personalized inside stories. Admission is free.