The 2016 film, which focuses on community member Sonia Warshawski, details Warshawski’s experience as a Holocaust survivor, anti-hate advocate and businesswoman who faced the closing of the tailor shop she owned for more than 30 years.
Before or after the screening, guests have the opportunity to have a conservation with a virtual version of Warshawski through the Big Sonia interactive in the Our City, Our Stories gallery. In 2021, Warshawski recorded more than 400 questions about her life, experiences, and lessons of resilience in a professional studio. Her recorded likeness is trained to allow visitors to have conversations with her.
'Big Sonia' shows at 3 pm Thursdays through Saturdays and at on 3:15 on Sundays in the JE Dunn Construction Theater on the third floor of Corinthian Hall. All films are free with no advanced tickets required.
For more information, visit museumofkansascity.org/film-series/.
