Inside Hana's Suitcase

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11/03/2014 Good as far as documentaries go... See more 01/10/2014 Very well done film that tells the story of a Jewish girl who perished in the Holocaust, her brother who survived and the suitcase that helped their story to be told. See more 11/01/2013 Very tearful and heartfelt. A true story that touches your heart because of the hope that it can bring through all the tragedy. See more walter m @Harlequin68 09/20/2013 Imagine the best show and tell ever and you will have "Inside Hana's Suitcase" which starts when Fumiko Ishioka, an elementary school teacher in Japan, is loaned some artifacts from the Holocaust Museum. One of them is a suitcase once belonging to Hana Brady who was 11 when she was sent to a concentration camp. The curiosity of Fumiko's students leads her on a quest that will eventually bring her to the Czech Republic and Hana's surviving brother, George. As heartfelt as this documentary is, I think I might not exactly be the right audience for it, as it seems aimed mostly to children, who mostly narrate, in order to teach them about tolerance and the Holocaust, bringing it to a level they can understand without scarring them for life. Regardless of the audience, the dramatizations work better in recreating life in the concentration camps than before the war. Now, if only the documentary had been structured better, like maybe pulling a "Searching for Sugar Man" in following Fumiko first, and letting the suspense build, before filling in the rest of the story. See more 04/16/2012 wat else can we all say. s*** is awesome See more 01/06/2012 "Inside Hana's Suitcase" is more than your usual Holocaust documentary. It is much more. The filmmaker has cleverly interspersed cinematic elements in the story of the documentary in which actors portray elements of the victim's story. Through the efforts of a highly motivated educator / muesum director in Japan who receives a suitcase on which is written the name of one victim of Auschwitz, she (and we) discover Hana Brady's family's remarkable story. This is a film which should become a part of many school / college / synagogue libraries. In many ways it enhances the message of the fine documentary "Paper Clips." Bravo! See more Read all reviews

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