Coming to HBO this coming Monday, May 2: CLAUDE LANZMANN: SPECTRES OF THE SHOAH
Adam Benzine’s portrait of the celebrated filmmaker debuted at Hot Docs last year. Its extensive festival run also included DOC NYC, Sheffield, San Francisco Jewish, Camden, Hot Springs Doc, Viennale, IDFA, Hamptons, and Dokufest. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Documentary.
I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program, saying:
In 1973, French journalist Claude Lanzmann set out to make a documentary about the Holocaust. After twelve long years, he finally released the nearly ten-hour-long SHOAH to critical acclaim. For the first time, the 89-year-old auteur reflects on the challenges he faced to realize his vision. Adam Benzine combines fascinating unused footage from the film with candid thoughts from Lanzmann to reveal the impact of this seminal project on his life.
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