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All Our Children review – a shameful historical period horrifies anew

How do you tell a story as complex as the eugenics movement, which is pursued afresh in writer-director Stephen Unwin’s new play All Our Children? Its idealistic origins lie in … Continue reading

05/06/2017 · 3 Comments

‘It’s not just for Joey, it’s for a better world’ ~ Special needs disability parenting BLOOM

British director Stephen Unwin is set to direct his new play All Our Children—about a German clinic in 1941 that sends disabled children to their death as part of the Nazis’ killing program. … Continue reading

03/08/2017 · 4 Comments

Elizabeth Taylor and the Holocaust: The Story of Montage by Jean-Luc Godard | A R T L▼R K

On the 27th of February 1932, Elizabeth Taylor was born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England. She was born with a rare condition called distichiasis, which in her case manifested … Continue reading

02/27/2017 · 1 Comment

Spielberg’s journey of empathy, Part II: “Schindler’s List.” | www.seanmunger.com

This is Part II in my projected four-part series on the cinema of Steven Spielberg, and specifically Spielberg’s journey as a director, an American and a Jew, primarily through the … Continue reading

12/27/2015 · 2 Comments

How Marcel Marceau Started Miming to Save Children from the Holocaust | Open Culture

Earlier this month, we featured Marcel Marceau, surely the most famous mime ever to live, performing the progression of human life, from birth to death, in four minutes. In the … Continue reading

12/22/2015 · 2 Comments