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Angel’s Fury

Bryony Pearce

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I've started to have dreams while I'm awake. I remember music I've never heard. . . . I've got all...

The Librarian of Auschwitz

Antonio Iturbe and Lilit Thwaites

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Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of...

Unwritten Diary of Israel Unger

Carolyn Gammon and Israel Unger

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At the beginning of the Nazi period, 25,000 Jewish people lived in Tarnow, Poland. By the end of the...

Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler

Mark Riebling

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The Vatican's silence in the face of Nazi atrocities remains one of the great controversies of our...

Lenard (726 KP) rated Ask Dr Ruth (2019) in Movies

Jun 14, 2019

Ask Dr Ruth (2019)

2019 | Documentary

8.0

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I grew up on Dr Ruth Westheimer. I wrote a book report on her autobiography in probably middle school. This is how influential she was during the 80s. The new documentary about her life released on Hulu and in select theaters quietly pays homage to this remarkable woman. Much like another short statured Jewish woman who received a documentary last year, Dr Ruth gave a voice to women and power to women in the bedroom. She made it okay to air your sexual problems and get a solution. For a generation, her humor and honesty turned a German girl who escaped the Holocaust and the 1948 Israeli-Arab War into a minor celebrity. I hope people can see this film and appreciate this trailblazer who tirelessly works for feminism (although she is not a feminist) and LBGTQ.

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Andy K (10823 KP) rated Shoah (1985) in Movies

Jul 20, 2018

Shoah (1985)

1985 | Documentary

9.7

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Unforgettable

Director Claude Lanzmann, who recently passed away at the age of 92, spent a significant portion of his life working on interviews, editing and putting together this immaculate epic masterpiece portrait of the Holocaust through the words of people who were there and lived through the torture.

I sobbed for days after watching the more than 13 hours of footage from the documentary and the DVD extras. Some of the descriptions and scenes were so moving I actually had to pause for a moment to collect myself before continuing.

I purchased when Criterion had one of their 50% off sales and it was well worth it. You will be changed forever as a person after watching this and you will start to think all your first-world problems are minuscule in comparison.