“Big Sonia” – A giant in stature [MOVIE REVIEW]
Sonia at the Wheel. Photo courtesy of Gloria Baker Feinstein. “Big Sonia,” a documentary and labor of love by Leah Warshawski (Sonia’s granddaughter) and Todd Soliday, is a tribute to an unsung heroine with secrets to reveal for the better good and secrets to withhold for her own sake. Sonia Warshawski, 92, still goes to work every day at John’s Tailoring, an establishment founded by her late husband John, and the last remaining shop in a now defunct Overland Park, Kansas shopping mall. Her customers, loyal to the core, have been coming for the excellent tailoring and nuggets of advice she gives out free of charge, and to view her sale rack fashion finds. As Sonia says, “animal prints never go out of style;” and they certainly haven’t in her shop. But recently, encouraged and accompanied by her daughter Regina, Sonia travels to local schools to give talks on her painful journey as a Holocaust survivor and her ability to look beyond the pain and find that which is positive. If Regina has regrets, it is that she had not been more curious earlier about her parents’ history and especially since she is no longer able to talk to her late father. Regina is determined to carry on her…
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