Vukovar Tribute Movie-Music Performance to be Held in Washington, DC

Croatia’s Hero City is to be honored across the Atlantic.

The film tribute and music performance called the “Battle For Vukovar” is coming to the USA for three weeks, from February 22 through March 10, 2018. These special performances will be held in nine American cities: Washington, DC, New York City, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee and will finish with two performances in California, in San Jose and Los Angeles. The production featuring a movie and live music, serves as a wonderful tribute and extends respect to the Croats who defended Vukovar and who sacrificed so much during the Homeland War. Also, in select cities there will be kolo dance groups added to the performance.

The Embassy of the Republic of Croatia, with Ambassador Pjer Simunovic and with three group sponsors, National Federation of Croatian Americans Cultural Foundation (NFCA), Association of Croatian American Professionals (ACAP) and Hrvatska Ura (HURA) will host the Washington DC performance on Thursday night, February 22nd. The 7:00 pm event to be held at the E Street Cinema at 555 11th Street NW. The program will feature a forty-nine minute film which was the creation of two Croatian war heroes from Vukovar and who will be special guests at this program, Damir Plavsic and Damir Markus. General Jacques Paul Klein, the United Nations Administrator who integrated Eastern Slavonia back into Croatia in the late 1990s, will be an honored guest speaker at this Washington, DC program.

Damir Plavsic

Music will be provided at the E Street Cinema by Zivili Tamburitzan ensemble including members Miroslav Loncar, Tom Vesolich, Damir Badic, Asim Haracic and Paula Poskon. Josip Babic, Embassy Cultural Attache is a key organizer and liaison for this event in the nation’s capital. Special guest from Vukovar coming to the USA this week, Damir Plavsic, shared with me that “we believe these Vukover tribute events will help Croatians globally better understand the sacrifices made by many to ensure Croatian independence.”

This weekend on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 19:00, the “Vukovar” tribute, movie, music and dance performance will be held in New York City at 502 West 41st Street in the Church Hall below Sts. Cyril-Methoodius and St. Raphael Croatian Catholic Church. Also, this weekend, the Cleveland Croatian American community will hold a performance on Sunday, February 25th at 4:00 pm. The Croatian Embassy and Honorary Consul offices in the USA will have more details about these special events in these American cities.

 

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