My Dear Children
One woman's quest to understand a family secret reveals a forgotten human tragedy
- Website
- Official Website
Overview
- Genre
- History, Religion, and Human Rights
- Synopsis
My Dear Children follows one woman’s quest to unravel a family mystery. Her journey reveals a heartbreaking and little known humanitarian tragedy when anti-Jewish massacres swept Eastern Europe following WWI. Scholars today describe what happened as “the holocaust of its day.” The consequences of that earlier holocaust continue to reverberate through the generations and warn us of what could happen yet again.
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 70 minutes
Credits
- LeeAnn Dance ... Co-Director; Co-Producer; Writer
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Golden Rule Productions
- Country
- United States
- Years of Production
- 2013-2018
- Locations
- Ukraine, South Africa, United States
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2018
- Festivals
- Washington Jewish Film Festival, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, Chicago Jewish Film Festival, Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival, Long Island Jewish Film Festival
- Awards
- Audience Award at Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival
- Distribution
- American Public Television
- Language
- English
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