Voices of Generations
From the wisdom of elders to the urgency of youth — these are the stories that connect us across time, culture, and experience. Films that honour where we came from, challenge where we are, and imagine where we're going. Because every generation deserves to be heard, and every story deserves to be told.
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Stevie Nicks: Through The Looking Glass
She's been making music for over four decades, is responsible for composing some of the best loved and joyous contemporary songs ever, and is quite simply a superstar with a capital S. But it has to be said that Stevie Nicks is not always given the credit she so richly deserves, especially by the...
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I'll Never Forget You
At the height of its fame in 1977, the popular southern rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, was struck with tragedy--a plane crash that killed the band's founder and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant along with Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCre...
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Nathan-ism
For 70 years, Nathan Hilu has been unable to stop drawing. His 90-year-old mind is flooded with memories from the days when the US military assigned him to guard top Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials, keeping them from committing suicide before their verdict was announced. Born to a Syri...
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They Survived Together
The Neiger family shouldn't have survived. The odds were stacked against them at every turn, and yet, through a series of events that feel almost impossible, they made it through the Holocaust together. They Survived Together is a 2022 Emmy Award winner for Best Historical Documentary, and it ear...
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Something Better Change
Throughout the 1980s, outfits like Black Flag, D.O.A., Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat and the Circle Jerks helped define the decade's deafening hardcore punk sound, paving the way for the eventual explosion of punk bands through radio and MTV in the decades to come. While punk rock's upper echelon m...
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We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song
What happens when Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, and 41 other icons walk into the same studio? You get one of the most iconic songs ever recorded. This is the behind-the-scenes story of the 1985 recording of "We Are the World," the mega-hit that raised millions f...
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Voodoo Macbeth
Before Orson Welles blew everyone's minds with Citizen Kane, he was a 20-year-old being convinced by Harlem Renaissance icon Rose McClendon to direct Shakespeare's Macbeth with an all-Black cast, set in Haiti. Nobody thought it would work. They were spectacularly wrong. Voodoo Macbeth recreates o...
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The Rock Prophet: The Story of Link Wray
No Link Wray, no rock and roll. Seriously, the man invented the power chord and pioneered distortion, and Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and James Brown all knew it, even when the history books left his name out. The Rock Prophet finally gives Link Wray his due, tracing the untold story of one of musi...
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Surviving Birkenau - The Dr. Susan Spatz Story
The Holocaust Education Film Foundation proudly presents Surviving Birkenau, the story of Dr. Susan Spatz, née Eckstein, as told in her vivid and emotionally compelling own words at the age of 96. With the assistance of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, filmmaker Ron Small (To Auschwit...
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I Danced For The Angel Of Death: The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story
New York Times best-selling author of The Choice: Embrace the Possible, Dr. Edith Eva Eger, tells her story of survival in this Emmy Award winning 2021 production from The Holocaust Education Film Foundation.
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From the Holocaust to Hollywood: The Robert Clary Story
Robert Clary was twelve years old and singing on French radio when the world he knew ended. In 1942, the youngest of fourteen children was taken by the Nazis — along with most of his family. He survived Ottmuth, forced labor, and Buchenwald. Twelve members of his family did not. Liberated on Apri...