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Additional authors

1. Grossman, Roberta
2. Spielberg, Nancy, 1956-
3. Lauder, Ronald S.
4. Berg, Al
5. Eisen, Ori
6. Eisen, Mirit
7. Różalska, Anna
8. Kowarsky, Philippa
9. Taylor, Dyanna
10. Callister, Chris, 1980-
11. Rarey, Ondine
12. Boekelheide, Todd
13. Brody, Adrien
14. Allen, Joan, 1956-
15. Kassow, Samuel D.
16. Katahdin Productions (Firm), presenter, production company
17. Match&Spark (Firm), presenter, production company
18. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, production company
19. Association relative à la télévision européenne, production company
20. Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma, production company
21. ECI Łódź, production company
22. Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, production company
23. Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, sponsoring body
24. Good Docs (Firm), film distributor

Description

1. 1 videodisc (96 min. or 37 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new interviews, rarely seen footage and dramatizations to illuminate the work of the resistance fighters.

Subject

1. Jews > Persecutions
2. Personal narratives
3. Feature films
4. Nonfiction films
5. Historical reenactments (Motion pictures)
6. Educational films
7. Documentary films
8. History
9. Historical films
10. 1939-1945
11. Jewish Holocaust > (1939-1945)
12. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising > (Warsaw, Poland : > 1943)
13. Poland > Warsaw
14. Ringelblum-Archiv
15. Oyneg Shabes (Group)
16. Ringelblum, Emanuel, 1900-1944
17. Warsaw (Poland) > History > Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943
18. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Warsaw > Personal narratives
19. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Warsaw > History
20. Jews > Persecutions > Poland > Warsaw

Genre/Form

1. Personal narratives.
2. Historical reenactments (Motion pictures)
3. Documentary films.
4. Educational films.
5. Feature films.
6. Historical films.
7. History.
8. Nonfiction films.

Note

1. "Based on the book, Who will write our history? by Samuel D. Kassow"--Beginning credits
2. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2018.
3. "© Katahdin Productions 2018; Copyright 2018"--Disc label & end credits
4. Actual running time on container: "Full length film - 96 minutes / Educational film - 37 minutes."
5. "Full length version (93 minutes), classroom length version (36 minutes)"--Title frame
6. Presented in both full length and classroom length versions.
7. A mixture of documentary footage and dramatization.
8. "Words spoken by actors in this film are taken directly from a secret archive in the Warsaw Ghetto."--Beginning credits
9. "Produced by Katahdin Productions in association with Match&Spark, arte NDR, National Endowment for The Humanities in association with The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute and The Association of the Jewish Historical Institute In Poland ; film co-produced by ECI Łódź - the City of Culture, Mazovia Institute of Culture ; a Polish Film Institute co-financed production ..."--End credits.

Credits (note)

1. Director of photography, Dyanna Taylor ; editors, Chris Callister, Ondine Rarey ; composer, Todd Boekelheide ; production designers, Frank Gampel, Marek Warszewski ; costume designer, Aleksandra Staszko ; story consultant, Sophie Sartain ; sound designer, James LeBrecht ; co-executive producers, The Blavatnik Family Foundation [and others] ; dramatizations casting director, Piotr Bartuszek ; voice over casting director, Heidi Levitt, Marin Hope.

Performer (note)

1. Adrien Brody (voices of Emanuel Ringelbaum) and Joan Allen (voices of Rachel Auerbach), Jowita Budnik (Rachel Auerbach), Piotr Głowacki (Emanuel Ringelbaum), Piotr Jankowski (Hersh Wasser), Wojciech Zielinski (Abraham Lewin), Karolina Gruszka (Judyta Ringelblum) [and others] ; Interviewees: Jan Grabowski, Samuel D. Kassow [and others].

System details (note)

1. DVD; NTSC format, all regions; stereo.

Language (note)

1. Primarily in English, with sections of dialog in Polish and Yiddish; subtitled and close captioned in English.

Title

1. Who will write our history / Katahdin Productions and Match&Spark present, in association with ARTE and NDR, and The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute ; a film by Roberta Grossman ; written, produced and directed by Roberta Grossman ; consulting scholar, Samuel D. Kassow ; executive producers, Nancy Speilberg, Ronald S. Lauder, Al Berg, Ori and Mirit Eisen, Anna Różalska, Philippa Kowarsky.

Publisher

1. [Łódź, Poland] : Katahdin Productions, [2018]

Distributor

1. [Los Angeles] : Good Docs [Educational Sales], [2019?]

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Country of producing entity

1. United States naf

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Physical medium

1. 4 3/4 in.
2. burning rdapm
3. color black and white
4. polychrome monochrome rdacc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file
2. DVD video
3. region 1

System details

1. DVD; NTSC format, all regions; stereo.

Cast

1. Adrien Brody (voices of Emanuel Ringelbaum) and Joan Allen (voices of Rachel Auerbach), Jowita Budnik (Rachel Auerbach), Piotr Głowacki (Emanuel Ringelbaum), Piotr Jankowski (Hersh Wasser), Wojciech Zielinski (Abraham Lewin), Karolina Gruszka (Judyta Ringelblum) [and others] ; Interviewees: Jan Grabowski, Samuel D. Kassow [and others].

Credits

1. Director of photography, Dyanna Taylor ; editors, Chris Callister, Ondine Rarey ; composer, Todd Boekelheide ; production designers, Frank Gampel, Marek Warszewski ; costume designer, Aleksandra Staszko ; story consultant, Sophie Sartain ; sound designer, James LeBrecht ; co-executive producers, The Blavatnik Family Foundation [and others] ; dramatizations casting director, Piotr Bartuszek ; voice over casting director, Heidi Levitt, Marin Hope.

Language

1. Primarily in English, with sections of dialog in Polish and Yiddish; subtitled and close captioned in English.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Reserve Film and Video Collection Special Collections material

Chronological term

1. 1939-1945

Added author

1. Grossman, Roberta, screenwriter, film producer, film director.
2. Spielberg, Nancy, 1956- film producer.
3. Lauder, Ronald S., film producer.
4. Berg, Al, film producer.
5. Eisen, Ori, film producer.
6. Eisen, Mirit, film producer.
7. Różalska, Anna, film producer.
8. Kowarsky, Philippa, film producer.
9. Taylor, Dyanna, cinematographer.
10. Callister, Chris, 1980- editor of miving image work.
11. Rarey, Ondine, editor of miving image work.
12. Boekelheide, Todd, composer (expression)
13. Brody, Adrien, voice actor.
14. Allen, Joan, 1956- voice actor.
15. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kassow, Samuel D. Who will write our history? Polish.
16. Katahdin Productions (Firm), presenter, production company.
17. Match&Spark (Firm), presenter, production company.
18. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, production company.
19. Association relative à la télévision européenne, production company.
20. Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma, production company.
21. ECI Łódź, production company.
22. Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, production company.
23. Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, sponsoring body.
24. Good Docs (Firm), film distributor.

Branch call number

1. DVDR 2190 W