Savannah, which has long focused on the death of Casimir Pulaski, will get a chance to celebrate the Polish cavalry commander's life at the Coastal Heritage Society film series.
"Casimir Pulaski: A Hero of Two Nations" is an hour-long documentary that "really explains" why he came to America to fight in the Revolutionary War, said Michael Jordan, director of public relations for CHS.
The director of the documentary, Jolanta Kessler-Chojecka, will be in Savannah for the screening.
Her presence, said Jordan, is a testament to the importance that the Polish people attach to Savannah.
Kessler-Chojecka will fly in from Chicago where she is participating in "Casimir Pulaski Day" ceremonies, an annual affair in Illinois.
The Polish Embassy called CHS and asked it to show the film, which makes Pulaski "a lot more three-dimensional," Jordan said.
Kessler-Chojecka has been in Savannah before. She witnessed the Pulaski Jubilee in 2003, a tribute to the cavalryman's participation in the bloody Siege of Savannah.
That battle's climatic moment came on the morning of Oct. 9, 1779, when French and American forces unsuccessfully tried to break through the British lines. Hundreds of Allied soldiers were killed or mortally wounded that day, including Pulaski, who was just 32 when he died.
His burial place has long been the object of controversy.
It was first thought he was buried at sea, and some celebrations included the dropping of a memorial wreath at sea. Recent evidence indicates, however, that he may have been buried at a Savannah plantation and his remains later re-interred inside the Pulaski Monument in Monterey Square when it was completed in 1854.
The film will look at that issue, and both sides will get a chance to air their opinions, Jordan said, when Kessler-Chojecka participates in a question-and-answer period after the showing.