Narrated by Joan Allen, Blessed Is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Hannah joined a mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed by the Nazis.
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Roberta Grossman has written and produced over 40 hours of documentary television. Credits include Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action, the eight-hour CBS mini-series 500 Nations hosted by Kevin Costner, and productions for the History Channel, A&E, and AMC. She is currently directing Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh.