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One of Us
| Length: | 48 min |
| Released: | 2000 |
| Ages: |
High School College Adult |
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The filmmaker comes from a troubled Viennese Jewish family which was dislocated by the Nazis. While in Berlin working on a documentary on "the new German identity", she becomes obsessed with Germany's history of cruelty.
Memories of her childhood in America recurred, troubling memories of a brother who bullied her mercilessly. Ånd in probing her parents about a third sibling, she uncovers a family secret about the fate of their Down syndrome child. Do the family secrets reflect on the turbulent times they fled? Going deeper and deeper in ever more troubling waters, the filmmaker manages to emerge with a more hopeful vision.
This moving and complex film will have a lasting impact in Holocaust studies as well as women's studies, psychology, mental disabilities, and family dynamics.
Memories of her childhood in America recurred, troubling memories of a brother who bullied her mercilessly. Ånd in probing her parents about a third sibling, she uncovers a family secret about the fate of their Down syndrome child. Do the family secrets reflect on the turbulent times they fled? Going deeper and deeper in ever more troubling waters, the filmmaker manages to emerge with a more hopeful vision.
This moving and complex film will have a lasting impact in Holocaust studies as well as women's studies, psychology, mental disabilities, and family dynamics.
"Provides rich material for engaging the lasting impact of the Holocaust on the second generation and beyond." - Dr. Tina M. Campt, Women's Studies, Univ. of California
"recommended for college and university collections, as well as public libraries. . . well crafted and edited." Debra Mandel, Northeastern University
MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship
"recommended for college and university collections, as well as public libraries. . . well crafted and edited." Debra Mandel, Northeastern University
MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship
Berlin Film Festival, 1999
Out of That Darkness, London, 2000
Doubletake Documentary Film Festival, 2000
San Diego Jewish Film Festival, 2000
American Women in Psychology, 2000
Out of That Darkness, London, 2000
Doubletake Documentary Film Festival, 2000
San Diego Jewish Film Festival, 2000
American Women in Psychology, 2000
