Award Winning Film To Be Screened Sunday

By Tony Bennis

"Etched in Glass: The Legacy of Steve Ross" premiered recently at the Rhode Island International Film Festival where it received the award of "Audience Choice - Best Documentary." Now the fully completed film will be screened as part of the Roving Eye International Film Festival at Roger Williams University on Sunday, November 12 at 4:30pm. The screening is free.

The film tells the compelling, true story of a boy who endured 5 horrific years in 10 concentration camps during World War II. He was rescued by an American soldier who showed him kindness and gave him a little American flag. This sparked his resilience, propelling him to dedicate his life to helping disadvantaged young people for over 40 years as a youth worker.

Steve Ross then became the driving force behind the creation of the iconic New England Holocaust Memorial. All the while, he searched tirelessly for the soldier who saved him, which then inspired Steve Ross to save the lives of hundreds of teenagers in Boston. Ross wanted that soldier to know that he had dedicated his own life to helping youth at risk just like that soldier had helped him in 1945. The powerful, and uplifting, story takes a dramatic turn in Saunderstown, Rhode Island leading to the climatic ending.

The film's director - Roger Lyons, and members of the Ross family will be present for an audience Q & A afterward.

The screening will be on the Bristol campus of Roger Williams University at the Global Heritage Hall, Room 01. It's free and open to the public.

For more info about film: SteveRossFilm.org