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The Optimists: The Story of the Rescue of the Jews From Bulgaria

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Dana Stevens New York Times 10/20/2005
4/5
It's a rare documentary about the Holocaust that would dare call itself The Optimists, but the title is oddly fitting for this chronicle of the Bulgarian Jews' near-miraculous survival of the Second World War. Go to Full Review James Crawford Village Voice 10/18/2005
Questionable as a theory of history, but as a human sentiment, it's touching to behold. Go to Full Review Ken Fox TV Guide 10/21/2005
3.5/4
This is the rare Holocaust documentary that ends on an optimistic note, and Comforty's film might even help reinforce one's faith in humankind, even as it begs the troubling question of why such courage and resistance was in short supply. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Jacky Comforty

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Jacky Comforty