If you had told me a few years ago that I would be producing a feature film, about the life story of a Holocaust survivor, I would have thought you were crazy. 

Now, I’m the crazy one, as many filmmakers can probably identify with.

A year and a half ago, while traveling in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, I met Dr. Corey Samuels. Our conversation led to her mentioning that her grandfather, now 88-year-old Holocaust survivor and author, Dr. Henry Oertelt, was looking for a screenwriter to adapt his book, "An Unbroken Chain: My Journey Through the Nazi Holocasut," for the big screen.

I expressed interest, and Corey promised to get me a copy of the book -- a nonviolent story that has been used in schools and colleges to educate students across the U.S. on hate issues for the past 40 years.

Suffice to say, it...