Anthony Reece Wins 2009 Crystal Reel Award

VoiceTOONS studio director Anthony Reece has won the 2009 Crystal Reel Award by the Florida Motion Picture & Television Association for his Narration work on the Documentary “Safe Haven.”

In the opening days of World War II, the Nazis occupy Warsaw. In a display of extraordinary courage and commitment, Zookeeper Jan Zabinski decides to hide the city’s most endangered residents in his home. Before war’s end, the Warsaw Zoo will become a safe haven for 300 Jewish men, women, and children.

From award-winning director Gary Lester, comes this compelling Holocaust story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

The documentary was produced by Blue Heron Films, and tells the story of heroic zookeeper Jan Zabinski and his family, who successfully hid 300 Jewish men, women, and children from the Gestapo inside the Warsaw Zoo, Poland during World War II. The film has received world wide attention with over 12 million views at the IMDb alone.

The film will be a permanently archived film on display at both Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC and is also exhibited to visitors at the Warsaw Zoo in Poland.

Source: VoiceToons Team on behalf of Anthony Reece