Who Will Write Our History

Name: Who Will Write Our History
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: January 18, 2019
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 83
Cast: Andrew Bering, Bartlomiej Kotschedoff, Gera Sandler, Jowita Miondlikowska, Julia Lewenfisz-Górka

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Abramorama | Release Date: January 18, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrew Bering, Bartlomiej Kotschedoff, Gera Sandler, Jowita Miondlikowska, Julia Lewenfisz-Górka, Karolina Gruszka, Marta Ormaniec, Piotr Glowacki, Piotr Jankowski, Wojciech Zielinski

Summary: Who Will Write Our History tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret archive he created and led in the Warsaw Ghetto. With 30,000 pages of writing, photographs, posters, and more, the Oyneg Shabes Archive is the most important cache of in-the-moment, eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust. It documentsWho Will Write Our History tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret archive he created and led in the Warsaw Ghetto. With 30,000 pages of writing, photographs, posters, and more, the Oyneg Shabes Archive is the most important cache of in-the-moment, eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust. It documents not only how the Jews of the ghetto died, but how they lived. The film is based on the book of the same name by historian Samuel Kassow.… Expand

Director: Roberta Grossman

Genre(s): History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Kenneth Turan

Jan 31, 2019

Though its form is complex, including archival scenes that include concentration camp-type footage, the film’s emotional through line is clear and direct. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Jan 17, 2019

Using newsreels, voice-overs and re-enactments, Roberta Grossman, the documentary’s director, paints a comprehensive portrait of the times and of the risks taken by Ringelblum and his group. The staged scenes are well acted, while readings from diaries and letters are heartbreaking. Read full review

John DeFore

Jan 18, 2019

It uses historical artifacts to excellent, devastating effect. Read full review

Hanna B

May 16, 2019

Who Will Write Our History does a good job telling this great but little known story from simple proofs of everyday life and death of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Jan 19, 2019

A vital and sobering documentary directed by Roberta Grossman, always knew that they were drafting the record of an existence whose memory — were it not for them — would be wiped away. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Fagerholm

Jan 18, 2019

Regardless of its missteps, Grossman’s film should be seen as a necessary introduction to a multitude of stories warranting greater analysis. Read full review

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BHBarry

Feb 4, 2019

"Who Will Write Our History" is a docudrama directed by Roberta Grossman
who co-wrote the film with Samuel Kassow based on his novel of the same
name. The film tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and a group called the Oyneg Shabes, the secret archive he created and directed in the Warsaw"Who Will Write Our History" is a docudrama directed by Roberta Grossman
who co-wrote the film with Samuel Kassow based on his novel of the same
name.
The film tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and a group called the Oyneg Shabes, the secret archive he created and directed in the Warsaw Ghetto. With 30,000 pages of writing,
photographs, posters, and more, the Oyneg Shabes Archive contains eyewitness accounts
documenting not only how the Jews of the ghetto died, but how they
were forced to live. Most interesting is the fact that the actual films shown (obtained
through the British archives) were taken by German soldiers so the audience sees
the torture and inhumane acts thrust upon these vulnerable and defenseless individuals
through the camera lenses of their captors.
This is a review of a film that rates a 9 for, although it is not entertainment in any
sense, it does outline and display man's inhumanity to man and how those, faced
with almost certain death, attempted to guarantee that the outside world (from which
they were excluded) would some day learn the horrors they faced and the evils they
encountered. As with all such acts of intolerance and terror, one must ask "why", and, sadly, it is a question that still remains unanswered even as of today.… Expand

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