November 2, 2025 / Film Screening of Invisible Years at Slifka Center 

When: Sunday, November 2 from 2:00 – 3:30 PM

Where: Slifka Center at Yale, 80 Wall Street, New Haven CT

Register and purchase tickets here: InvisibleYears-JCARR.eventbrite.com

Film

Author and designer Daphne Geismar discovered an antique desk drawer filled with letters and diaries documenting her family members’ experiences during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Their voices inspired her acclaimed book Invisible Years—and now this inventive animated short. Directors Kira Dane and Katelyn Rebelo combine hand-crafted animation, archival footage, photographs, artifacts, interviews, and an original score by harpist Mary Lattimore to tell a beautiful story of courage and resilience in the face of persecution, separation, and loss.

Event program

Welcome: Jean Silk, Founding Coordinator, JCARR

Introduction:  Stephen Naron, Director, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies,Yale University

Presentation: Daphne Geismar, Author and Designer, Invisible Years

Screening:  Invisible Years

Q & A: Daphne Geismar

Proceeds will benefit the Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee Resettlement (JCARR), which continues the Jewish tradition of welcoming the stranger by helping refugee families in New Haven rebuild their lives. Your participation helps fund essential housing and food assistance during a time of great need.