Four Seasons Lodge Screening August 4, 2009
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
Film followed by a reception
US, 2008, video, documentary
101 minutes
Director: Andrew Jacobs
This inspiring and startlingly funny documentary follows a group of Holocaust survivors during what might be their final summer together at a bungalow colony in the Catskill mountains. Directed by New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs, with beautiful cinematography by a team of filmmakers including Albert Maysles,(Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens). The verite film explores the power of friendship and the drive to find joy despite painful memories. It is a counterintuitive Holocaust documentary: a fusion of ribald humor, stories of unimaginable loss, the last of the Borscht Belt crooners, and a family made entirely of friends and lovers. The characters dance, flirt and fight as the fate of their community hangs in the balance.
Official Website: http://thejdc.convio.net/site/Calendar/2049125553?view=Detail&id=112421
Added by DCJCC Film Program on July 27, 2009