American Studies, Film and Media Studies Program, Film at Yale, Yale Arts and the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism present a film screening.
Lodz Ghetto (1989) w/ Directors Alan Adelson and Kathryn Taverna.
Lodz Ghetto is a haunting documentary that chronicles the experiences of over 200,000 Jews confined to the Polish ghetto during World War II. Told through 1,000 photographs, rare color slides, Nazi footage, and writings left behind by ghetto inhabitants, the film weaves together a mournful, reflective narrative. It portrays both the endurance and despair of those forced into labor under the controversial leadership of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, who believed that work could only bring salvation. Rather than focusing on graphic atrocity, the film honors the voices and humanity of those who lived and died in the ghetto—exploring the complexities of and transforming historical tragedy into a testament of survival and loss.
Q&A with directors Kathryn Taverna and Alan Adelson post-screening.