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A Film Unfinished / a production of Belfilms ; coproduced with Mittle Deutsche Rundfunk, MDR Südwestfunk, SWR ; Yes.docu ; in cooperation with Arte ; a film by Yael Hersonski ; produced by Itay Ken-Tor and Noemi Schory ; written and directed by Yael Hersonski.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Concentration camps--Poland.
- Concentration camps.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.
- East Germany (Historical Place).
- Local Subjects:
- East Germany (Historical Place).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Scholar Michael Berenbaum on 'A Film Unfinished'
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oscilloscope Pictures, 2010.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film, having sat undisturbed in an East German archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply "Ghetto," this footage quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. However, the later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings of the footage. A FILM UNFINISHED presents the raw footage in its entirety, carefully noting fictionalized sequences (including a staged dinner party) falsely showing "the good life" enjoyed by Jewish urbanites, and probes deep into the making of a now-infamous Nazi propaganda film. A FILM UNFINISHED is a film of enormous import, documenting some of the worst horrors of our time and exposing the efforts of its perpetrators to propel their agenda and cast it in a favorable light.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2016).
- Won 2010 Jerusalem Film Festival The Jewish Experience Award, Forum for the Preservation of Audio-Visual Memory
- Won 2010 National Board of Review, USA, NBR Award, Top Five Documentaries
- Won 2012 Shanghai International TV Festival Magnolia Award, Best Documentary, Features
- Won 2010 Sundance Film Festival Editing Award, World Cinema - Documentary
- Won 2010 Women Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Documentary by or About Women
- Nominated 2010 Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur, Golden Alhambra
- Nominated 2012 Emmy Award, Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
- Nominated 2010 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, Best Documentary
- Nominated 2010 St. Louis Film Critics Association, US, Best Documentary Feature Film
- Nominated 2010 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema - Documentary
- Nominated 2010 Satellite Awards, Best Motion Picture, Documentary
- OCLC:
- 934523184
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