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In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 7th Art Releasing presents two powerful and unique visions with The Last Survivor and Jealous of the Birds.
"A staggeringly powerful film." -Cinematical
THE LAST SURVIVOR is an award winning, feature-length documentary film that presents the stories of genocide survivors and their struggle to make sense of tragedy by working to educate a new generation, inspire tolerance and spark a civic response to mass atrocity crimes. Following the lives of survivors of four different genocides and mass atrocities - The Holocaust, Rwanda, Darfur, and Congo. The film presents a unique opportunity to learn from the lessons and mistakes of our past in order to have a lasting social impact on how we act collectively in the face of similar issues today.
Having shot on location in five countries across four continents, the film focuses on the universality of the horror of genocide - combating the misguided notion that genocide is something that happens "over there." Rather, the film asks its audience to consider genocide as an evil that has occurred on nearly every single continent and one that affects all of us as human beings. In the end, THE LAST SURVIVOR is above all else an intimate meditation on how one begins to pick up the pieces of a broken life after experiencing such tragedy.
"Taking a new tack on the Holocaust documentary." -Variety
"Fascinating" -The Village Voice
Some 15,000 Holocaust survivors remained in Germany after WWII. How could they stay? JEALOUS OF THE BIRDS was born from this pivotal question. Filmmaker Jordan Bahat begins this quest with a desire to understand the choices made by his own grandparents. In interviews with survivors, their children and other Germans, Bahat explores what it means for victims to live among perpetrators and for children of those perpetrators to deal with the guilt borne from the crimes of their parents. The film becomes a conversation about the effects of these relationships on future generations and the human capacity to confront and rebuild.
JEALOUS OF THE BIRDS reminds us that the choices of the past create legacies that play out across families, nations, cultures and generations.
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