The incredible story of Avraham Sutskever, the greatest Yiddish poet, who saved manuscripts from the Nazis, survived WWII due to Stalin’s special rescue plane, testified in the Nuremberg Trials, and died anonymously in Tel Aviv.
Synopsis
As long as Abraham Sutzkever lived, he wouldn’t let a film about his life be made. Today, eight years after his passing, Black Honey tells the incredible story of the greatest Yiddish poet of modern times. The man who led the Paper Brigade underground movement that saved Jewish manuscripts from the Nazis, survived the WWII due to Stalin sending him a private rescue plane, testified in the Nuremberg Trials, and immigrated to Israel in 1947 where he led Yiddish culture, while writing in astonishing vitality.
Festivals, Screenings, & Awards
Jewish Motifs Film Festival
New York Jewish Film Festival
Lund University
Washington Jewish Film Festival
Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture
Cottbus International Film Festival
Filmpalette Köln
IMAJ – Israeli Film Festival
Warsaw Jewish Film Festival – Special Award
Las Vegas JFF
Jewish Film Festival
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema
Israel Film Festival Los Angeles
Haifa Intl FF – Special Mention Award
Jerusalem IFF – Yad VaShem Chairman’s Award for Artistic Achievement in Holocaust Related Film
19th Festival of Israeli Cinema in Paris
Gainesville Jewish Film Fest
Jüdische Filmtage in München
Maine Yiddish Film Festival
Seret: The Netherlands Israeli Film and Television Festival
Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival
LA Israeli Film Festival – Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary
Year
2018
Film Type
Documentary
Film Length
76 minutes
Language
Hebrew
Production Country
Israel
Director
Uri Barbash
Producer
Yair Qedar
Subject Region
Israel
Distribution
Go2Films
Funding
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany