| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (74 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Menemsha Films in 2018. |
| Summary |
Aron is 88 years old, Eazek is 94 and Claudine is 89. Over seventy years ago, although they lost their entire families, they survived the holocaust and resettled in New York City. Now they are sharing their stories in a unique program led by a drama therapist with high-school students in Brooklyn. The hope is that this sharing will sensitize the students and give some closure to the adult survivors after all these years. The Witness Theater workshop they participate in culminates in the performance of a play based on Survivor stories. The film that has emerged uses a mix of cinema verite, archival footage, interviews, animation and staged recreations of stories to blend past and present, using the Witness Theatre program as a vehicle for telling the survivors’ remarkable stories. Scenes from the program’s weekly creative workshops and final performance are interspersed with scenes of the survivors at home, all within the structure of a dramatic arc that traces survivors’ lives before, during and after the war. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Holocaust.
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Judaism.
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History.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Rudavsky, Oren, film director.
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Menemsha Films (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
7310476 Kanopy |
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