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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary The discovery of records from WWII sparks a family’s quest for answers as two brothers separated as babies reunite with each other and their elderly mother, who hid more from them than just each other. Izak Szewelwicz was born in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in 1945 and sent for adoption in Israel. Though Izak was able to for...

Directed By: Alon Schwarz, Shaul Schwarz

Written By: Halil Efrat, Alon Schwarz

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Aida's Secrets

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary The discovery of records from WWII sparks a family’s quest for answers as two brothers separated as babies reunite with each other and their elderly mother, who hid more from them than just each other. Izak Szewelwicz was born in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp in 1945 and sent for adoption in Israel. Though Izak was able to for...

Directed By: Alon Schwarz, Shaul Schwarz

Written By: Halil Efrat, Alon Schwarz

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Oct 19, 2017
In this time of mass displacement across the globe, it is a stark reminder of how traumatic the refugee experience often is.
By Daniel M. Gold FULL REVIEW
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Nov 30, 2017
Aida's Secrets unravels its complex scenario in compelling, page-turner mystery fashion, proving yet again that truth can be much stranger than fiction.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
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Nov 30, 2017
Aida's Secrets starts out as a fairly straightforward documentary about reuniting two long-separated brothers, but directors Alon and Shaul Schwarz don't stop there.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
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Oct 26, 2017
Aida’s Secrets movingly embodies the traumas that, at war’s end and long after, are inseparable from liberation.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
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Jan 11, 2018
The debut doc is an ambitious attempt to get to the root of a tangled family tree, but the directors' close relationship to Izak (he's their uncle) means they sometimes pay so much attention to the genealogical minutiae that a viewer checks in and out to clear her head.
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Release Date Oct 20, 2017
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Some things you will never know.
Website https://www.facebook.com/aidassecrets/
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Awards

DocAviv Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Miami Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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