Tag: Documentary Films

“Il faut le savoir:” Reflecting on France’s Holocaust History and Memory

“Nothing distinguished the gas chamber from an ordinary blockhouse,” writes Jean Cayrol in the screenplay for Alain Resnais’ iconic filmic meditation on the Shoah, Night and Fog (1956)….

Three Identical Strangers – not really…

I had heard about this documentary, Three Identical Strangers, from a co-worker – she said I absolutely had to see it! I am fascinated by the nature vs….

Riots and the Rolling Stones: Musical Youth Culture in 1970s Greece

Parthenon describes his experience growing up as a musically-minded American expatriate in Greece in the 1960s and early 1970s. After a Greek military coup, opportunities to see live…

Top Secret Rosies

A high school math teacher discusses the documentary Top Secret Rosies: The Female “Computers” of WWII. Beyond the awe for these women who took part in American military…

Eyes on the Mockingbird

I grew up in a very small town in rural Wisconsin. When I looked at my classmates it was like looking in a mirror. Because of that, I…