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Who Will Write Our History

Play trailer 2:09 Poster for Who Will Write Our History Released Jan 18, 2019 1h 35m Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decides to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vows to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda, not with guns or fists but with pen and paper.
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Nell Minow AWFJ.org There is no better way to honor the endless courage and dedication of the writers and historians who created the Ringelblum Archive than to tell their story. Oct 26, 2021 Full Review Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) It's really quite striking. First of all, the actual content of the film is devastating... [And] it's not a documentary. I think we need a new term for what this is. Sep 18, 2019 Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle The film has problems, despite the inarguable worthiness of the material. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 6, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An emotionally moving, sobering and exhausting Holocaust documentary. Rated: B Jan 27, 2022 Full Review Betsy Bozdech AWFJ.org Grossman's documentary is a powerful piece of filmmaking. Hearing Auerbach's own words (read by Joan Allen) and learning what the Oyneg Shabes contributors risked to make sure that history never forgot the residents of the Warsaw Ghetto... Oct 26, 2021 Full Review Jennifer Merin AWFJ.org Who Will Write Our History is filmmaker Roberta Grossman's documentary revelation. Oct 26, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Amazingly well-done film about an amazing chapter in history. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member always talking and making movies about the holocaust 😒. what about any other genocide that happen through out history. what about the holodomer? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/03/19 Full Review Audience Member Such a powerful and important film. Watch however you can! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Extremely well done and very impactful. I was truly moved and so happy to have heard this story. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Profound documentary about the writers and archivists who struggled to preserve the culture and simultaneous destruction of their community,the warsaw ghetto. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Roberta Grossman

Director

Joan Allen

Narrator

Jowita Miondlikowska

Rachela Auerbach

Piotr Głowacki

Emanuel Ringelblum

Piotr Jankowski

Hersz Wasser

Wojciech Zieliński

Abraham Lewin

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Synopsis In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decides to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vows to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda, not with guns or fists but with pen and paper.
Director
Roberta Grossman
Producer
Roberta Grossman
Screenwriter
Roberta Grossman
Distributor
Abramorama
Production Co
Katahdin Productions, Match&Spark
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 18, 2019, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
May 1, 2019
Release Date (Streaming)
May 4, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$117.4K
Runtime
1h 35m
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