The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire” showing Oct. 17-23 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.

Eighty years after his liberation from Buchenwald, we seek to understand the man behind Elie Wiesel's searing and widely read memoir “Night”.

Told largely through his own words and eloquent voice, “Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire” seeks to penetrate to the heart of the known and unknown Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) — his passions, his conflicts and his legacy as one of the most public survivors of the trauma of the Holocaust.

The film includes his passion for human rights, whether confronting President Ronald Reagan about visiting a German cemetery, or pleading with President Clinton to take action during the war in Bosnia.

With unique access to personal archives, original interviews and employing hand painted animation, the film illuminates Wiesel’s biography as a survivor, writer, teacher and public figure.

“Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre Oct. 17-23. Showtimes will be Friday, Sunday and Monday, Oct. 17, 19 and 20 at 6:30 p.m.; and Saturday and Thursday, Oct. 18 and 23 at 3:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.