Last Best Hope

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Last BestHope:

A True Story of Escape, Evasion and Remembrance

Director: Matt Hames
"Going down in enemy territory was probably the last thing on my mind."  But that is exactly what happened to First Lieutenant Bill Grosvenor when his P-47 Thunderbolt crashed in occupied Belgium on November 30, 1943. Within minutes, Grosvenor was in the hands of the Belgian Resistance - ordinary men and women who acted with extraordinary courage to save and repatriate hundreds of Allied airmen stranded within their borders. Nearly sixty years later, he returns to Belgium in an emotionally charged pilgrimage with his wife and son to explore the motivations - ethical, spiritual and ideological - that propel one stranger to help another despite the risk to his or her own life and everything dear. (2006, 90 min.)
Showing: May 19, 10am, Abalone Room