Sorry, could only find the German trailer for now! As a rule, the treatment of Jews during World War Two is informed by references to the Holocaust in Europe. But there is a lesser known narrative that is tangled up in the net cast by Hitler and his xenophobia that stretches beyond Europe, further east, [...]
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
imagineNATIVE FILM FESTIVAL: Robert’s Paintings
February 29, 2012 – 12:48 pm
The documentary that stood out for me at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival was Robert’s Paintings. As challenging as some of the subject matter was – the damage caused to generations of First Nations children in the Reservation Schools – because of the strength and talent of Canadian artist Robert Houle and artist / director Shelley [...]
THE TORONTO PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL: (No) Laughing Matter
February 28, 2012 – 5:25 pm
(No) Laughing Matter / Blague à part by Vanessa Rousselo If a documentary is to break stereotypes of how a person living in an occupied land engages with his or her world then this is the film. It is an existence that can be bleak and as some young girls take the filmmaker through the [...]
HOT DOCS: Imagining Emanuel & Family Portrait in Black and White
February 28, 2012 – 3:31 am
Imagining Emanuel by Thomas A Østbye “Imagining Emanuel” by Thomas A Østbye I usually leave documentaries hopeful no matter how bleak the subject matter is but this movie left me lost. The story of Emanuel is desolate. In between the borders of identity Emanuel falls through the cracks. It is like a nightmare. It is [...]
