The 2019 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival kicks off Thursday with more than two weeks of films from around the world spread across theaters in the Twin Cities and Rochester. Included in this year’s festival are a number of movies that have piqued the interested of several of us at the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
Read on to get our picks for some of this year’s can’t miss films:
Finally brought to trial more than seven decades after the Holocaust, this film follows the trial and sentencing of Oskar Gröning, a member of the SS responsible for sorting of personal possessions of those sent to Auschwitz. More than the following the trial of one individual, this documentary examines the extraordinary challenges of bringing those complicit in the Holocaust to justice decades after the fact.
Showtimes:
Friday, April 5, 2:20 PM – Saint Anthony Main Theater
Sunday, April 7, 9:15 AM – Saint Anthony Main Theater
Filmmaker Drew Nicholas’ work focuses on the Stolen Generation, a generation of Native youth who were forcibly removed from their homes and put up for adoption in an effort to assimilate them. The film examines the generations’ attempts to overcome years of trauma and cultural genocide in order to reclaim their identities.
Showtimes:
Wednesday, April 10, 7:00 PM – Saint Anthony Main Theater
Thursday, April 11, 4:15 Pm – Saint Anthony Main Theater
With his latest work, Rithy Panh’s film follows a young boy as his attempts to the find the graves of his relatives in the aftermath of the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge regime. The film is a graphic depiction the violence endured by the Cambodian people and its lasting legacy today.
Showtimes:
Friday, April 12, 1:40 PM – Saint Anthony Main Theater
Friday, April 19, 4:20 PM – Saint Anthony Main Theater
Growing up in Jerusalem, Ofra Bloch was surrounded by memories of the Holocaust. Utilizing this experience, Bloch interviews survivors, activists, historians and others in Germany, Israel and Palestine to examine trauma in an effort to understand the fundamental questions of how do we overcome trauma, how do we heal and how do we forgive?
Showtimes:
Sunday, April 14, 7:10 PM – Saint Anthony Main Theater
Monday, April 15, 7:00 PM – Saint Anthony Main Theater
Joe Eggers in the Research & Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
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