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Lesson, The – Teaching the Holocaust to Germany’s Gen Z

Original title: Lesson, The – Teaching the Holocaust to Germany’s Gen Z
German title: Lesson, The – Teaching the Holocaust to Germany’s Gen Z
Germany, 2020

Director: Horn, Elena
Production company: Open Citadel
Age recommendation: 14 years and up
Length: 60 min.
Film genre: Documentary

Synopsis:
The Lesson” is the personal journey of director Elena Horn who returns to her small hometown to follow four children as they experience Holocaust education in the public school system in rural Germany. Filmed over five years, from 2014 to 2019, the film is a window into deeply rooted social and political attitudes in Germany amidst the resurgence of the far-right, xenophobia and a fractured, disparate collective memory of the nation’s history.

Festivals:
Reel 2 Real CFF Vancouver 2021 (awarded), Giffoni CFF 2021, Zurich IFF 2021

Website: thelesson.film

World sales address/es:
Open Citadel