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Language
English
Description
Dara Berger takes us on a journey through the far reaches of the human spirit, beginning with her own lifelong process of grief and acceptance to an exploration of how society views suicide. With Dara we meet family members who have lost a loved one, attempters who have tried to take their own lives, and the doctors who are trying to save them. She leads us through an inspiring movement of activism and advocacy devoted to changing public policy...
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A drama set in post-World War II Brooklyn revolves around Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, her lover, Nathan, and Stingo, a would-be writer. As the three grow closer, Stingo discovers the captivating and moving truths that each harbors.
3) Poseidon
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Over 2,000 passengers and crew are celebrating New Year's Eve aboard the luxury cruise ship 'Poseidon' on the open sea. Without warning, at midnight, a rogue wave hundreds of feet high, slams into the ship and rolls it upside down. Most of the passengers and crew are killed outright, but several hundred remain alive in the ballroom, where the party was being held. Realizing their only hope of rescue lies at the surface of the water, a handful of survivors,...
Publisher
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Pub. Date
c2014-2017
Language
English
Description
The Journey and The Journey Revisited - DVD Package contains two AFSP-produced documentaries. "The Journey," produced for Survivor Day 2014, tells the stories of a diverse group of suicide loss survivors. Its a compelling film that shows how each survivor is weathering the loss of a loved one, and how they are finding their way back to a life rich in meaning-and even joy. "The Journey Revisited" is a new follow-up featurette, in which six of the original...
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The past has cast a long shadow over the present. A picturesque farm is where the now-married Melanie lives unhappily with her husband. When Melanie invites fellow Holocaust survivor Jakob to her home, he unexpectedly brings Christopher, whose love for Melanie has never diminished since their confinement in an interment camp.
Publisher
NYMusic
Pub. Date
c2022
Language
English
Description
The Neiger family was living a peaceful life in the Jewish community in Krakow when the arrival of World War II changed their lives forever. When Nazi soldiers forced the family from their home into the harsh life of the Ghetto, they made a vow to escape as a family. But when circumstances forced the family to separate from older brother Ben, their will to survive was put to the test. This is the incredible true story of one family as they desperately...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Based on an extraordinary, untold true story of hope, this moving and ultimately redemptive story follows child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust and the remarkable team who were responsible for helping these children rebuild their lives as they forge friendships that will become a lifeline to a better future.
11) Imordecai
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Mordecai, a Holocaust survivor, is given a new iPhone, an unexpected series of events upends his world. A heartwarming Miami-set comedy based on a true story.
12) The pawnbroker
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
Sol Nazerman is a survivor of a WWII Nazi death camp where his wife, parents and children were murdered. His soul robbed of hope, he takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity while managing a Harlem pawnshop. Working with Sol in the pawn shop is an ambitious man named Ortiz, whose own views and aspirations differ greatly from those of his embittered boss.
13) Broken Silence
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Language
Español
Description
A series of five historical films about human courage, heroism, and triumph among the deepest of adversity during World War II.
14) The last days
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Traces the experiences of five Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to Hitler's brutal war against the Jews during the final days of World War II, and later returned from the United States to their hometowns and ghettos and the concentration camps in which they were imprisoned.
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Daisy is a well-to-do but bookish Manhattan teenager attending an exclusive prep. school. Daisy has a secret; not only does she have a crush on the school's star athlete, but she feels she must suppress her Jewish identity. The only person in Daisy's life that she feels comfortable opening up to is her grandmother, Nana, a Holocaust survivor who shares with her granddaughter an affinity for flowers. As Nana relates tragic stories of the horrors experienced...
16) Sarah's key
Language
English
Description
In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel d'Hiv round up, which took place in Paris, in 1942. She stumbles upon a family secret which will link her forever to the destiny of a young Jewish girl, Sarah.
17) Sarah's key
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel d'Hiv round up, which took place in Paris, in 1942. She stumbles upon a family secret which will link her forever to the destiny of a young Jewish girl, Sarah.
Series
Film Movement volume year 9, film 5
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
עברית
Description
The Human Resources Manager of Jerusalem's largest bakery is in trouble. He is separated from his wife, distanced from his daughter, and stuck in a job he hates. When one of his employees, a foreign worker, is killed in a suicide bombing, the bakery is accused of indifference, and the HR Manager is sent to the victim's hometown in Romania to make amends. Far from home, on a mission to honor a woman he didn't even know but has somehow grown to admire,...
19) After Auschwitz
Publisher
Passion River Films
Language
English
Description
After Auschwitz is a 'Post-Holocaust' documentary that follows six extraordinary women, capturing what it means to move from tragedy and trauma towards life. These women all moved to Los Angeles, married, raised children and became 'Americans' but they never truly found a place to call home. What makes the story so much more fascinating is how these women saw, interpreted and interacted with the changing face of America in the second half of the 20th...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"Auschwitz occupies a chilling and disturbing place in the history of humankind ... This six-part series presents an in-depth examination of the camp's evolution and the decisions that enabled such an incomprehensibly inhuman place to come into being. 'Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State' is the result of three years of research, drawing on the close involvement of world experts, recently discovered documents and nearly 100 interviews with camp survivors...