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Lingering Memories
Documentary filmmaker Howard Zuckerman focuses on a neglected but important aspect of the Holocaust —the way various countries have depicted and distorted the methodical mass murder of a people. Post-war German amnesia, Austrian efforts at ignoring its role in the Jewish Genocide, and previous French obliviousness to its own Nazi collaboration are explored. Additionally, the film explores how America, Holland, Russia, Poland, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Austria have presented the Holocaust and World War II in education, mass media and the arts. American artists George Segal and Judy Chicago, along with several German and Austrian artists, are interviewed and their works are explored. An indispensable historical and educational tool in helping understand the Holocaust and its aftermath.
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ISBN1-56082-294-5
58 min., #662, Color, DVD, $39.95
NEW
The
Eternal Road
Filmmaker Ron Frank is a first generation American whose German
Jewish family comes from Chemnitz, a city that was once home to 3500 Jews. While
filming his
father and aunt’s return to their hometown, Frank began documenting
the restaging there of the epic musical drama, The Eternal Road (Der Weg der
Verheissung). This extraordinary pageant was first staged in New York City
in 1937. Inspired by Meyer Weisgal, the American Zionist, the opera was written
by Franz Werfel, composed by Kurt Weill, and produced by Max Reinhardt.
Beginning with the story of Abraham and continuing through Jewish history up
until
the Nazi’s rise to power, the work was intended to symbolize the
threatened condition of the Jews of Germany. Prophetic as it was in
foreshadowing
the impending doom, it was equally visionary in providing an
optimistic ending- namely that the Jewish people will prevail. For more than
half a century the work was unheard in its entirety. The Eternal Road has
been rekindled, amazingly in the very country whose sorrowful history inspired
its creation.
"Documentaries about musical productions don't come along every week...Stirring in scenes of the revival, the documentary deftly alternates from the present to the past."-New York Times
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ISBN 1-56082-278-3
57 min., #675, Color, DVD, $39.95
The
Last Sea 
When survivors of the Holocaust realized that they had neither a home
to return to nor families to welcome them, thousands set out on the perilous
journey to the Land of Israel. They traveled by truck or by train, many
went by foot over the Alps; they had to cross the sea aboard dangerously
overcrowded ships. The faces of the witnesses are never shown, only their
voices are heard, as they retell stories of survival and redemption.
"Gigantic in scope."-Elie Wiesel
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ISBN 1-56082-055-1
90 min., #632, B&W, DVD,
Hebrew and Yiddish w/Eng. subtitles, $49.95
Return
to Life
The end of World War II marked a time of elation. But for the Jewish
refugees across Europe, it was not so much a day of celebration, as it
was a time to consider the enormity of the disaster which befell them.
The film depicts their valiant efforts to rebuild the shattered fragments
of their existence, to accustom themselves to freedom, and to search
for their homes and families as they attempted a return to normal life.
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ISBN 1-56082-147-7
60 min., #642, Color and B&W, DVD
Hebrew w/Eng. subtitles, $39.95
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