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Martha

2020 21 min
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Dans ce portrait intimiste et chaleureux, le réalisateur Daniel Schubert rend visite à sa grand-mère Martha, une tenace survivante.

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Martha

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À 90 ans, la frêle Martha Katz a toujours une énergie débordante. Espiègle, elle taquine son petit-fils, le réalisateur Daniel Schubert en visite chez elle à Los Angeles, à propos de la chemise qu’il porte, mais cet humour cache une tragédie. À 14 ans, Martha a été arrachée à son village en Tchécoslovaquie et déportée à Auschwitz avec sa famille. La visite d’un musée de l’Holocauste ravive des souvenirs douloureux, notamment la rencontre angoissante de l’un des personnages les plus tristement célèbres de l’Allemagne nazie. Pour la tenace survivante Martha, toutefois, ce qui compte, c’est sa vie d’après-guerre à Winnipeg, difficile mais gratifiante, qu’elle évoque avec tendresse dans ce portrait intimiste et chaleureux.

This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
  • direction
    Daniel Schubert
  • writer
    Daniel Schubert
    Birdie Hamilton
  • producer
    Shirley Vercruysse
    Teri Snelgrove
  • photography directing
    Michael Dinsmore
  • editing
    Hart Snider
    Jason Schneider
  • original music
    Brent Belke
  • delegate producer
    Jennifer Roworth
  • None
    Caroline Coutts
    Travis Lee
    Jason Lau
  • chief electrician
    Chris Judson
  • stage hand
    Mathew Gilrow
  • construction coordinator
    Travis Devlin
  • art direction
    Jennifer LeCaine
  • art department assistant
    Anäisa Visser
  • costume designer
    Barbara Gregusova
  • hairdressing
    Pamela Silvey
    Catherine Sherwin
  • makeup artist
    Pamela Silvey
    Catherine Sherwin
  • production assistant
    Mathew Gilrow
    Özgün Gündüz
  • distribution
    Catharine Falcon
    Bim Narine
  • cast
    Mila Bursac
    Shaun Morse
    Orsolya Szabo
  • location sound
    Iryna Kucherenko
  • sound design
    Chris McIntosh
  • sound mixer
    Chris McIntosh
  • musician
    Peggy Lee
    Mark Ferris
  • colorist
    Lorne Wright
  • visual effects
    Bun Lee
  • titles
    Jason Lau
  • research
    Caroline Coutts
  • technical coordinator
    Wes Machnikowski
  • production coordinator
    Nicolas Ayerbe Barona
    Nathan Conchie
  • administration
    Carla Jones
  • marketing
    Kay Rondonneau
  • media relation
    Katja De Bock
  • executive producer
    Shirley Vercruysse

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Education

Ages 15 to 18
Mini-Lessons
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Warnings: This film includes sensitive subject matter: reenactments of illness and fear in a concentration camp.

Prepare the students for the mature content of this film. What memories of Auschwitz did Martha share? Martha says, “You think your mother will always be there.” Discuss: What do you think she missed about her mother? Do a Think, Pair, Share about Martha’s interaction with Dr. Josef Mengele and its impact on the family. Martha seems content with her life despite having been a prisoner at Auschwitz. Write a reflection on her statement that “we had to forget what happened, otherwise we were dead too.”