Richie Sherman and Federal Court of Canada

Federal Court of Canada: In an application filed with the Federal Court of Canada in late February, filmmakers Judy Maltz, Barbara Bird and Richie Sherman are seeking damages from J.L. Witterick and Penguin Canada, the author and publisher of My Mothers Secret. In the application, they allege that Wittericks 2013 book takes its plot and all of its central characters from No. 4 Street of Our Lady, their 2009 documentary about Francziska Halamajowa, a Catholic Polish woman who saved some of her Jewish neighbours during the Second World War. They also list 30 instances where lines in the book are very similar to dialogue or narration that appears in the film. These are allegations and have not been proven in court. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. An authors tips: Write as much as possible. Have fun ... be patient with your prose Three American documentary filmmakers are suing a best-selling Canadian author and her publisher, alleging that she copied her Holocaust novel straight from their film. Jenny Witterick: A self-published money maven makes a bet on Holocaust fiction (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.