Redemption Blues

Synopsis

Redemption Blues is a film about the thorny legacy of the Holocaust generation and the insights of some of its last survivors. The film begins where conventional Shoah narratives leave off and traces a path
forward, through personal and emotional engagement towards hope.

Director’s Statement

For many years I was looking for a way to use film as a redemptive form in the face of the massive trauma endured by my family and the entire population of Europe during the Second World War. 

The task was daunting and I knew that it could not simply involve regurgitating the events that have been recounted and represented in myriads of films before. I needed to find a way to go beyond revisiting history by entering the emotional terrain that hovers over us today. 

Once I began the dialogue with the protagonists and the visionary musicians that I encountered in my quest, I allowed myself to express my personal concerns of today and I began to feel that there was a chance for such a minor redemption, even it is still bathed in the blues.

Festivals, Screenings, & Awards

Ethnocineca Festival, Vienna – Nominee, Austrian Documentary Award (ADA) – 2018
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, NYC, presented by the Centro Primo Levi – 2019
Austrian Cultural Forum, Tel Aviv – 2019
Judisches Museum Vienna – 2019
Judisches Museum Berlin – 2020