Jews in Eastern Bloc Film

Impact: Society and culture

Narrative

Curator / Q&A leader / panellist, public online 4-film series Jews in Eastern Bloc Film with public panel discussions, funded with £1818 through the Faculty Research Recovery Fund, Manchester University. 1) The Black Book (France 2019), d. Pierre Guillaume, in collaboration with UK Jewish Film Festival and Rothschild Jewish Studies Partnership, https://vimeo.com/647228811; 2) Free online streaming of Frank Beyer’s Jacob the Liar (GDR 1974), d. Frank Beyer, University of Manchester Holocaust Memorial Day event in collaboration with Manchester Reform Synagogue, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FXt8E3AL7k; accompanied by a community Holocaust Memorial Day workshop that I lead for Manchester Reform Synagogue’s Adult Education programme on 9 February 2022; 3) Free online streaming of Aleksandr Askoldov’s Commissar (USSR 1967), d. Aleksandr Askoldov, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_2nLsyS8yk; 4) Free online streaming of Annekatrin Hendel’s The Brasch Family with recorded live panel discussion and Q&A, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq_k_VwJsFs
Impact dateNov 2021May 2022
Category of impactSociety and culture
Impact levelEngagement