During the military dictatorship in Argentina, thousands of people were disappeared, including nearly two thousand citizens of Jewish origin. This video documents these events and also creates a line of reflection on the Shoah (Holocaust) and those Jews who were also disappeared... by Nazism. The Mourner's Kaddish is a traditional Jewish prayer that can only be recited when the remains have been laid to rest. This documentary highlights the difficulty of mourning when the bodies of the victims have been destroyed and their remains have disappeared. It investigates how individuals and groups can explore alternative paths to grieving and establish a practice that sustains memory and encourages the community and its institutions to engage in sincere and pluralistic self-examination.
In this unaired TNT TV pilot, a Charlestown native returns to his hometown from serving in Afghanistan to join the Boston Police force like his father and brother before him.
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
Explores and examines the world of ventriloquism through clips, photos and interviews with many of the greatest vents from today and yesterday, illustrating that this perceived novelty act is truly an extraordinary art form.
Documentary telling the little-known story of how Darwin came to write his great masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, a book which explains the wonderful variety of the natural world as emerging out of death and the struggle of life.
Immortalized in the world of improv comedy, Second City veterans TJ Jagodowksi and David Pasquesi explore the unique partnership and transcendental forces that govern their legendary performances.