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The Polish Sokół movement (sokół meaning "falcon") originated after the suppression of the Polish uprising of 1863. Its goal was to regenerate the Polish nation through physical fitness. The first "nest" in the United States was founded in 1887 in Chicago by Felix Pietrowicz. By 1894 there were twelve nests in the country.
The first woman to direct a film in Poland and the only female film director of the Polish silent film era was Nina Niovilla. [7] [8] She debuted in 1918 in Berlin, [7] and then directed her first Polish film [7] titled Tamara (also known under the title Obrońcy Lwowa) in 1919. [7] [8]
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Polish Americans and Poland: A Review of the Record. Polish Studies Program, Central Connecticut State University. Pienkos, Angela T.; Pienkos, Donald E. (2003). "In the Ideals of Women is the Strength of a Nation": A History of the Polish Women's Alliance of America. East European Monographs. ISBN 978-0-88033-530-0. Pienkos, Donald E. (2008).
The film’s creators present economical and historical reasons for the Polish migration to the United States. The film starts in 1608, at the Jamestown colony, when the first Poles arrive. From there, it talks about the first large Polish settlement in Panna Maria, Texas, and Chicago, as the center for Polish culture in America.
The following is a list of Silesian-language films.After World War II quite a number of feature films was shot in Silesian or with an extensive use of Silesian, alongside dialogs in Polish, German and Czech.
Maria Bello (born 1967), actress (A History of Violence, Thank You for Smoking, The Cooler); mother is of Polish descent Brian Benben (born 1956), television actor; father was of Polish descent Jack Benny (1894–1974), comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film; of Polish Jewish descent