Four Winters: The Partisans’ Story from the Director’s Chair

Name: Four Winters: The Partisans’ Story from the Director’s Chair — The Workers Circle
Start: 2025-04-21T18:00:00-0400
End: 2025-04-21T19:00:00-0400

Monday, April 21, 2025
6:00 PM 7:00 PM

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THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MOVED TO MONDAY, APRIL 21 AT 6:00 PM DUE TO ZOOM OUTAGE.

Four Winters is an award winning documentary that captures the story of courageous Jewish fighters who, against unimaginable odds, fought back fiercely against Hitler’s war machine as it raged across Eastern Europe.

Writer/Director/Producer Julia Mintz, in conversation with Workers Circle CEO Ann Toback, will share memorable moments from interviewing the last living partisans. As we approach Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), please join the Workers Circle as we gather as a community to remember the devastation of the Holocaust and celebrate resistance against fascism.

Please note: we will not be screening the film itself at this event, but we encourage all to attend — those who have not seen the film will still find value in this program. You can see the film at two upcoming screenings in Manhattan on Sunday, April 27. Buy tickets here.

Mintz’s work focuses on narratives of bravery and resistance against unimaginable odds. She has been on producing team for films which have been shortlisted for the Academy Awards, have premiered at Cannes, Sundance, and TriBeCa, and won Emmy, Peabody, and festival awards. Her films can be seen on HBO, PBS, American Masters, NETFLIX, Amazon, and are shown on college campuses across the country. She has taught seminars and workshops worldwide, and has held an adjunct faculty position at LIU in NYC. Mintz has been a featured keynote and guest speaker for engagements in both the public and private sectors. Mintz is an award-winning artist and accomplished multi-grant recipient for her work in visual arts and documentary film.
Ann Toback is the CEO of the Workers Circle, where she has redefined what a 125-year-old progressive Jewish organization can achieve in the modern era. As the first female CEO in the organization's history, Ann has spent more than 15 years building a fusion of Eastern European Jewish heritage with contemporary social justice activism that now reaches millions. Drawing on the Workers Circle's rich Eastern European tradition of resistance and resilience, she has transformed this heritage into a powerful force for democracy and social justice. Prior to joining the Workers Circle, Ann served as Assistant Executive Director at the Writers Guild of America, East (1999-2008), where she led the historic 2007-2008 Writers Guild strike on the East Coast. This experience as a union leader, combined with her background as an attorney (Boston University School of Law, J.D.), has informed her approach to merging advocacy, education, and cultural preservation into a strategy for collective impact.