The Port of Last Resort

Directed by Joan Grossman & Paul Rosdy (1998) 79 min.  US/Austria.  A documentary film about the 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled the Nazis for Shanghai, where most lived in exile for almost a decade.  Seen on HBO and at more than 40 international film festivals – with broadcasts and screenings in more than 20 countries.


Winner Best Documentary

  1. CineManila Film Festival, the Philippines

  2. Message to Man Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia

  3. “Framing the Other” Film Festival, New York

THE PORT OF LAST RESORT -  excerpt

READ PRESS REVIEWS from the Village Voice, The Asian Wall St. Journal, and Variety


LISTEN to an interview with Joan Grossman

on public radio’s BBC The World

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