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Genocide (1981 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Genocide' is a 1981 American documentary by Arnold Schwartzman[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6e364306 BFI]
Summary
The film documents the history of the Holocaust and the reminiscences of those who survived it in support of the fact that, as one of the survivors stated, it can happen again with the rise of anti-Semitism.[https://www.worldcat.org/title/genocide/oclc/32287929 WorldCat.org][https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/14/movies/genocide-view-of-holocaust.html 'GENOCIDE', VIEW OF HOLOCAUST - New York Times][http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,925350,00.html Cinema: Hell Enough - TIME]
Accolades
It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 1982|Oscars.org] the first Holocaust film to win such an honor.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsVh5gM6xBc Genocide - Trailer - YouTube]
Reception
Michael Berenbaum, project director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum described the movie as "a substantive piece of work" but "watching it is like sitting in a dentist's chair where the drill begins at the first moment and doesn't let up till the end of the two hours. If it had, it might have been more effective. In a real sense, that is Marvin Hier."
See also
*1981 in film
*List of Holocaust films
References
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