Pigeon

Pigeon is a short film by Canadian director Anthony Green. It was produced by Emmy and Gemini nominated Canadian producer Karen Wookey. Jay Firestone was executive producer of the film. History Pigeon was Anthony Green's first film, made at age 21, while a student at NYU Film School. He learned the story from his religious leader, Eli Rubenstein, of Congregation Habonim Toronto, when he was searching for a short film story to use for his final film project at NYU. Synopsis Pigeon is based on the true story of Susi Penzias, aunt of Nobel Prize winning Arno Allan Penzias (who fled Munich, Germany on the Kindertransport in 1939) and great aunt of Rabbi Shifra Weiss-Penzias. The film stars Academy Award nominee Michael Lerner and Canadian actors Wendy Crewson and Joseph Marrese.