3 Rwandan & 1 American woman hide from Tutsis in a tiny space while the Genocide unfolds outside & they try to get along inside for 81 days.
Some Films for Holocaust Remembrance Day
There are a great many films dealing with anti-Semitism and the Holocaust readily available to watch this Thursday, April 27, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Many of them tell heroic stories of those who tried to save as many Jews as possible, calling to mind what Fred Rogers said when asked what to tell a child during …
Funan (2008)
Based on the director’s mother, this is the story of one Cambodian family forced by the Kymer Rouge to leave the city and labor on a starvation diet in the rice paddies.
Operation Finale (2918)
Director Chris Weitz and scriptwriter Matthew Ortontell the story of the Israeli capture of the Nazi who prompted writer Hannah Arendt’s controversial phrase “the banality of evil.” As played by Sir Ben Kingsley, Adolf Eichmann is more than the faceless bureaucrat devoid of ideology she had depicted, he is part of the unrepentant Nazi community …
The Promise (2016)
This is a powerful, timely film about the Armenian Genocide. Click the image to read my entire review. (4.5 out of 5 stars)