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Amblin Partners Adapting Judy Batalion’s ‘The Light of Days’ Book; Batalion & ‘The Current War’ Scribe Michael Mitnick Scripting
Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Amblin Partners is developing a screen adaptation to the soon to be released The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos from Canadian-born author Judy Batalion. The book documents the stories of female Jewish resistance fighters who served as saboteurs, couriers, and caretakers of those in hiding during the occupation of Poland during World War II.The Giver and The Current War screenwriter Michael Mitnick and Batalion are writing the screenplay.