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  • 2018
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2018
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary "You're free. Go home" Most Holocaust films end with these words, the very words that survivors heard at liberation. After Auschwitz begins with these words, inviting audiences to experience what happened next. For survivors, liberation from the camps was the beginning of a life long struggle. They wanted to go home, but there was no hom...

Directed By: Jon Kean

Written By: Deborah Blum, Jon Kean

  • 2018
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2018
  • Passion River Films
  • 1 h 23 m

After Auschwitz

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary "You're free. Go home" Most Holocaust films end with these words, the very words that survivors heard at liberation. After Auschwitz begins with these words, inviting audiences to experience what happened next. For survivors, liberation from the camps was the beginning of a life long struggle. They wanted to go home, but there was no hom...

Directed By: Jon Kean

Written By: Deborah Blum, Jon Kean

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Apr 26, 2018
Kean inherited these subjects from his earlier documentary Swimming in Auschwitz, and has said that gender informs the film – the women are particularly attuned to the emotional nuance of the survival story, which comes through beautifully.
By Gary Thompson FULL REVIEW
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Apr 19, 2018
Chronicling the lives of the same six women survivors after the end of the war, After Auschwitz proves an inspiring testament to the indomitability of the human spirit.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
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Apr 18, 2018
The structure of After Auschwitz may be simple (talking heads and archival footage), but the cumulative effect of six women revealing the physical, psychological, and emotional toll taken on Holocaust survivors is a powerful testament to individual humanity emerging from inhuman horrors.
By Serena Donadoni FULL REVIEW
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Apr 18, 2018
In focusing on the lives lived AFTER living through a genocide, co-writer/director Kean has made a most accessible documentary, one built around compelling characters giving eyewitness testimony to both the worst moments in human history, and some of the most inspiring.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
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May 4, 2018
Kean's perceptive film does an effective job of keeping their moving, lucid observations vitally alive.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 19, 2018
Jon Kean, the director, chose the material wisely and doesn’t shy from severe images. He and his team also have good ears for anecdotes.
By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW
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Apr 25, 2018
After Auschwitz also addresses more mundane subjects as well: making a wedding dress from leftover parachute silk, emigrating to America, finding jobs, buying cars, registering to vote. The smallest things become imbued with an importance out of proportion to their significance to the rest of us.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Apr 20, 2018
Duration 1 h 23 m
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Tagline One war ends. Another begins.
Website http://www.afterauschwitz.com/
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Awards

Los Angeles Women's International Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Long Beach International Film Festival, New York
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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