This film is number 3 out of 5 in a series produced by Otto Klassen, which documents Mennonite experiences in Russia and the Soviet Union. This film covers information regarding the movement of Anabaptist-Mennonites, 16th century migration to Polish-Prussia of persecuted believers, response to invitation to settle in southern Russia (present day Ukraine) of the Russian Tsars, in the years 1789-1836 and 1853-1870. “Here Mennonites established prosperous agricultural villages with their own administrative and educational system, their own hospitals, welfare and insurance programs. The ‘golden years’ of this Mennonite Commonwealth came to an end with the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.”
Remain In Me: (2001) (75 min.)
Portuguese-language film with English subtitles about the 70 years of Mennonite immigration to Brazil, celebrated in 2000. Based on true stories, full of examples of faith, the movie reveals dramatic moments lived by the first immigrants, and also shows the growth of a group of people guided always by the divine light and by an unbreakable disposition to start again, to work, and to pursue their ideals. Since the Netherlands, passing through the icy Russian plains, in the middle of the war in Germany, or at the discovery of the Brazilian unusual heat, this homage brings to light testimonies of the characters of this true saga and lights hope for a new life. Many
of the scenes were shot in preciously elaborated sceneries, and some In Santa Catarina, where
they originally took place. Produced by Exodo imagens/Fundacao Educacional Menonita.