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AGAINST THE TIDE
Thursday, March 18, 3:30 PM at CINERAMA THEATRE
Director(s): Richard M. Trank
Country: United States
Year: 2009
Length: 98 MINUTES
Format: 35mm or DigiBeta | Documentary
Language: English
Special Guest(s) Information: Prof. Paul Burstein
About the Film
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman and produced by Moriah Films, the Academy Award-winning documentary division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, AGAINST THE TIDE is a scathing indictment of US indifference to the Holocaust. At the heart of this historical examination is Peter Bergson, a young Zionist firebrand who challenged the isolationism of the Roosevelt administration and American Jewish organizations. Through a never before seen 1977 interview, Bergson provides a first-hand account of his success in attracting the support of non-Jewish congressmen and Hollywood personalities, even as establishment leaders resisted action to stop the Nazi slaughter over fears of both a backlash of anti-Semitism and potential perception of a "Jewish war." AGAINST THE TIDE is both heroic and heart-wrenching, juxtaposing Bergson's dogged activism with the stories of doomed Jews in Europe who mistakenly put their faith in their American allies.
PRINT SOURCE: Moriah Films
WEBSITE: http://www.moriahfilms.com/
EMAIL: moriah@wiesenthal.net
PHONE: (310) 553-9036, (310) 772-2437
CONTACT:
Ashley Green, agreen@wiesenthal.netSponsors
COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
University of Washington Samuel & Althea Stroum Jewish Studies Program & Pacific Northwest Film Havurah
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