After Auschwitz

Name: After Auschwitz
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 20, 2018
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Erika Jacoby, Eva Beckmann, Lili Majzner, Linda Sherman, Rena Drexler

2018

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Passion River Films | Release Date: April 20, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Erika Jacoby, Eva Beckmann, Lili Majzner, Linda Sherman, Rena Drexler, Renee Firestone

Summary: "You're free. Go home" Most Holocaust films end with these words, the very words that survivors heard at liberation. After Auschwitz begins with these words, inviting audiences to experience what happened next. For survivors, liberation from the camps was the beginning of a life long struggle. They wanted to go home, but there was no home"You're free. Go home" Most Holocaust films end with these words, the very words that survivors heard at liberation. After Auschwitz begins with these words, inviting audiences to experience what happened next. For survivors, liberation from the camps was the beginning of a life long struggle. They wanted to go home, but there was no home left in Europe. They came to America and wanted to tell people about their pasts but were silenced for over three decades. "You're in America now, put it behind you". After Auschwitz is a "Post-Holocaust" documentary that captures what it means to survive and try to life a normal life after unspeakable tragedy. Six extraordinary women who all survived Auschwitz take us on a journey that American audiences have never seen before. These women all moved to Los Angeles, married, raised children and became "Americans" but they never truly found a place to call home. What makes the story so much more fascinating is how these women saw, interpreted and interacted with the changing face of America in the second half of the 20th century. They serve as our guides on an unbelievable journey, sometimes celebratory, sometimes heart breaking but always inspiring. It is also the only "Holocaust" film that includes Ricardo Montalban, George W. Bush and an appearance at The Kennedy Center Honors. After Auschwitz gives us the story that we have always wanted to see and one that in many ways is as important as the stories of the camps themselves.… Expand

Director: Jon Kean

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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Gary Thompson

Apr 26, 2018

Kean inherited these subjects from his earlier documentary Swimming in Auschwitz, and has said that gender informs the film – the women are particularly attuned to the emotional nuance of the survival story, which comes through beautifully. Read full review

Serena Donadoni

Apr 18, 2018

The structure of After Auschwitz may be simple (talking heads and archival footage), but the cumulative effect of six women revealing the physical, psychological, and emotional toll taken on Holocaust survivors is a powerful testament to individual humanity emerging from inhuman horrors. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 19, 2018

Chronicling the lives of the same six women survivors after the end of the war, After Auschwitz proves an inspiring testament to the indomitability of the human spirit. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Apr 18, 2018

In focusing on the lives lived AFTER living through a genocide, co-writer/director Kean has made a most accessible documentary, one built around compelling characters giving eyewitness testimony to both the worst moments in human history, and some of the most inspiring. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

May 4, 2018

Kean's perceptive film does an effective job of keeping their moving, lucid observations vitally alive. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Apr 19, 2018

Jon Kean, the director, chose the material wisely and doesn’t shy from severe images. He and his team also have good ears for anecdotes. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Apr 25, 2018

After Auschwitz also addresses more mundane subjects as well: making a wedding dress from leftover parachute silk, emigrating to America, finding jobs, buying cars, registering to vote. The smallest things become imbued with an importance out of proportion to their significance to the rest of us. Read full review

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