FILM

The Jewish Community Center of Houston, in collaboration with Holocaust Museum Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents a  Screening: A Film Unfinished, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 18, 19 & 20.  Location:  JCC Kaplan Theatre.

At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film, having sat undisturbed in an East German archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply “Ghetto,” this footage quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. However, the later discovery of a long-missing reel, inclusive of multiple takes and cameraman staging scenes, complicated earlier readings of the footage.

A Film Unfinished presents the raw footage in its entirety, carefully noting fictionalized sequences (including a staged dinner party) falsely showing “the good life” enjoyed by Jewish urbanites, and probes deep into the making of a now-infamous Nazi propaganda film.

A Film Unfinished is a film of enormous import, documenting some of the worst horrors of our time and exposing the efforts of its perpetrators to propel their agenda and cast it in a favorable light.

Director: Yael Hersonski
Running Time: 89 minutes
Rating: Unrated by MPAA
German, Hebrew , Yiddish, Polish, English

To learn more, visit the film's website.

For more information, contact Ariela Emery at 713-729-3200 ext. 3299 or aemery@jcchouston.org.