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A Film Unfinished
Monday, August 2, 2010 : 7:00pm to 10:00pm
University Park Campus
George Lucas Instructional Building
112
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A look at the tangled truth behind 60 minutes of raw footage about the Warsaw Ghetto, shot by the Nazis in 1942.
The School of Cinematic Arts, The USC Shoah Foundation Institute and Oscilloscope Laboratories invite you and a guest to a special preview screening of A Film Unfinished. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the writer and director, Yael Hersonski.
About A Film Unfinished
Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Editing Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and Best International Feature at the 2010 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival.
A Film Unfinished is the story of a movie that was never completed. Produced with the assistance of The Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive, the Yad Vasham Film Project and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, the film opens from Oscilloscope Laboratories in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Royal in West Los Angeles and Laemmle Town Center in Encino on August 20.
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 for the first time — carefully noting fictionalized sequences (including a staged dinner party) that falsely show “the good life” enjoyed by Jewish urbanites — and probes deep into the making of a now infamous Nazi propaganda film.
A Film Unfinished, directed by director Yael Hersonski, 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.
Provided courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories. Not rated. Running time: 88 minutes.
In German, Hebrew, Yiddish and Polish, with English subtitles.
About the School of Cinematic Arts Summer Screening Series
This showcase for upcoming releases highlights world cinema, documentary and independent film titles, as well as current Hollywood blockbusters, reflecting the full spectrum of diverse, challenging and entertaining filmmaking being produced in the world today. The screenings take place in the School of Cinematic Arts Complex theaters or in Norris Cinema Theatre.
To view the calendar of screenings, visit cinema.usc.edu/SummerScreenings.