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Streaming January 13-25, 2023 Digital Screening Room

USA | 105 minutes | 2022

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East Coast Premiere

In this searingly honest melding of the personal and historical, filmmaker Tom Weidlinger uncovers the impressive and amazing story of four generations of his family. Central to the story is Tom’s father, Paul Weidlinger, a brilliant structural engineer who collaborated with some of the world’s most famous architects and artists to create buildings influenced by Bauhaus and modernist design. He fled Europe just ahead of the Holocaust — but kept secret, even from his children, the fact that he was a Jew. Attempting to untangle truth from fiction, Tom uncovers a hidden story and lays bare the scars from his family’s experience of war, displacement, and immigration. Told through hand-drawn sketches, archival footage, photographs, letters, paintings, songs, and dramatic reenactments with recreated scenes from his own childhood, Tom Weidlinger’s profoundly thoughtful quest makes meaning from his family’s suffering, resulting in a healing work that breaks the cycle of intergenerational trauma.

Accompanying the film premiere is a discussion with director Tom Weidlinger and moderator Deborah Apeloig, founder & host of Tikun Talks. To view the conversation click here.

Director's Bio

Directed by Tom Weidlinger

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Tom Weidlinger is a writer and filmmaker who has been writing, directing, and producing documentaries for 35 years. In 1987, he founded Moira Productions and made the transition from working as a director for hire to independent filmmaker, developing and raising funding for Moira Production’s own films. He produced his first two archival documentaries for the PBS flagship series "The American Experience." Twenty-one of his films have been broadcast on public television.

Cast and Credits

Director

Tom Weidlinger

Screenwriter

Tom Weidlinger

Cinematographer

Tom Weidlinger

Editor

Tom Weidlinger

Cast

Paul Weidlinger, Tibor Legát, Samu Bagi

Film Info

Year

2022

Country

USA

Run-time

105 minutes

Language

English
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