Title Weapons of the spirit / the Chambon Foundation presents, a film by Pierre Sauvage ; produced, written, narrated and directed by Pierre Sauvage

Edition Abridged classroom version Remastered 2018 edition Published [Place of production not identified] : Pierre Sauvage Productions, [1989] [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, [2018] ©1989-2018

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Description 1 online resource (1 streaming video file, approximately 39 min.) : sound, black and white and color Summary Le Chambon-sur-Lignon was a tiny Protestant farming village in the mountains of south-central France. Defying the Nazis and the French government that was collaborating with the Nazis, the villagers of the area of Le Chambon provided a safe haven throughout the war for whoever knocked on their door. Most of the villagers were proud descendants of the Huguenots, first Protestants in Catholic France. They remembered their own history of persecution, and it mattered to them. They also read the Bible, and tried to heed the admonition to love your neighbor as yourself. Henri Héritier in Weapons of the Spirit "The responsibility of Christians," their pastor, André Trocmé, had reminded them the day after France surrendered to Nazi Germany, "is to resist the violence that will be brought to bear on their consciences through the weapons of the spirit." There were many other uncelebrated individual and collective acts of goodwill and righteousness throughout the dark war years. But nowhere else did a persistent and successful moral consensus develop on a scale approaching what happened in the area of Le Chambon. Released theatrically in 1989 in over 50 major markets, selected for over 20 film festivals, the highly acclaimed feature documentary Weapons of the Spirit was the recipient of many awards, including the prestigious DuPont-Columbia University Award in Broadcast Journalism. Weapons of the Spirit was produced by the nonprofit Chambon Foundation, founded by Pierre Sauvage, whose mission is to explore and communicate, especially on film, such necessary lessons of hope intertwined with the Holocaust's unavoidable lessons of despair Notes Title from title frames Performer Narrator, Pierre Sauvage Event Originally produced by Chambon Foundation in 1989 Notes English language soundtrack, some French dialogue with English subtitles DuPont-Columbia University Award in Broadcast Journalism, 1989 Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue. SUBJECT France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051418 Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79139291 Subject France France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon Genre/Form documentary film. Feature films Short films Nonfiction films Documentary films History Personal narratives Nonfiction films. Documentary films. Short films. Feature films. Films autres que de fiction. Documentaires. Courts métrages. Form Streaming video Author Sauvage, Pierre, screenwriter, film director, film producer, narrator. Pierre Sauvage Productions, production company Chambon Foundation, production company, presenter.

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