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Three Minutes: A Lengthening

The Netherlands/U.K., 72m, DCP

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Screened August 19–September 22, 2022

So long as we are watching history, history is not over. Three minutes of footage, shot by David Kurtz in 1938, are the only moving images remaining of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk, Poland before the Holocaust. Three Minutes: A Lengthening explores the human stories hidden within the celluloid. Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter. A NEON release

Official Selection: Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival

A film by Bianca Stigter

“‘Three Minutes’ is more than a documentary about the Holocaust — it is an investigative drama, a meditation on the ethics of moving images and a ghost story about people who might be forgotten should we take those images for granted.”

Beatrice Loayza, The New York Times [Critic's Pick]

Past Appearances

Thu August 18

Q&A with filmmaker Bianca Stigter and author Glenn Kurtz, moderated by Dr. Ori Z Soltes; Screening co-hosted by Fritz Ascher Society

Fri August 19

Q&A with filmmaker Bianca Stigter and author Glenn Kurtz, moderated by Aviva Slesin; Screening co-hosted by Netherlands Consulate

Sat August 20

Q&A with filmmaker Bianca Stigter and author Glenn Kurtz, moderated by Columbia University Film Professor Annette Insdorf

Sun August 21

Q&A with filmmaker Bianca Stigter and author Glenn Kurtz, moderated by Yoav Davis, the founder of @Jews_of_NY and Davis Media