{"id":47512,"date":"2022-12-20T15:17:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T20:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=47512"},"modified":"2022-12-20T15:17:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T20:17:57","slug":"national-geographic-reveals-the-first-look-of-the-upcoming-limited-series-a-small-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/20\/national-geographic-reveals-the-first-look-of-the-upcoming-limited-series-a-small-light\/","title":{"rendered":"National Geographic Reveals the First Look of the Upcoming Limited Series “A Small Light”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Frank, van Pels and Gies families celebrate Hanukkah in the upcoming limited series A SMALL LIGHT, from National Geographic and ABC Signature in partnership with Keshet Studios. From left: Liev Schreiber as Otto Frank, Ashley Brooke as Margot Frank, Rudi Goodman as Peter van Pels, Billie Boullet as Anne Frank, Amira Casar as Edith Frank, Caroline Catz as Mrs. van Pels, Noah Taylor as Dr. Pfeffer, Joe Cole as Jan Gies, Bel Powley as Miep Gies, and Andy Nyman as Mr. van Pels. (Photo credit: National Geographic for Disney\/Dusan Martincek)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To commemorate Hanukkah, National Geographic released a first-look photo from the upcoming limited series A SMALL LIGHT, premiering this spring on National Geographic and Disney+. Reflecting on the holiday’s themes of resistance, resilience, and courage, this first look shows Miep and Jan Gies, the Frank family, the van Pels family, and Fritz Pfeffer in a scene from the show in which they gather to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights while hidden in the secret annex.<\/p>\n

The powerful, eight-episode limited series tells the remarkable story of 20-something secretary Miep Gies (Bel Powley), who didn’t hesitate when her boss Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) asked her to hide him and his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan (Joe Cole), and several other everyday heroes watched over the eight souls hiding in the secret annex. It was Miep who found Anne’s diary and preserved it so that she and Otto could later share it with the world. The series title comes from something Gies said late in her life: “I don’t like being called a hero because no one should ever think you have to be special to help others. Even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can turn on a small light in a dark room.”<\/p>