Sasha Allen's 12-minute film on Agnes Lackovic — who married a GI after World War II and moved with him to Eden Prairie — won a grand prize of $6,000 last month from the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes in its annual Discovery Award international competition.
CEO Norm Conard presented Allen with the award on Sept. 20 at the Cummins-Phipps-Grill House, a refurbished 19th-century farmhouse in Eden Prairie. It was the second grand prize for Allen, who also won in 2021 for her documentary on Welsh journalist Gareth Jones' reporting on a genocidal famine in Soviet-era Ukraine that killed millions.
In a statement, Conard said Allen's documentary was "a perfect addition to our Hall of Unsung Heroes. … Sasha's documentary masterfully relates the powerful impact of this 17-year-old unsung hero, who courageously saved the lives of hundreds of Jews and other endangered people during World War II."
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