While most people will have heard the story of Anne Frank, they may not know the other side of her incredible and sad diary, that of Miep and Jan Gies, who were responsible for hiding the Frank family, a tale depicted in National Geographic's A Small Light. Premiering on May 1, 2023, A Small Light recounts the true story of a Dutch couple in the 1930s and 1940s, Miep Gies (Bel Powley) and Jan Gies (Joe Cole), who helped the Jewish Frank family hide from the occupying Nazis from 1942 to 1944.

There have been several movies and TV shows about Anne Frank but almost none about the people who hid her. A Small Light gives an account of the lead-up to the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands, the Franks' time in hiding, and the aftermath when the Nazis uncovered their hiding place. The eight-episode miniseries has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and earned...