Who Will Write Our History

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In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decides to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vows to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda, not with guns or fists but with pen and paper.
  • Genre:
    documentary
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Roberta Grossman
  • Producer:
    Roberta Grossman
  • Release Date (Theaters):
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $117.4K
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Cast & Crew

Joan Allen
Narrator
Jowita Budnik
Rachela Auerbach
Piotr Glowacki
Emanuel Ringelblum
Piotr Jankowski
Hersz Wasser
Wojciech Zielinski
Abraham Lewin
Karolina Gruszka
Judyta Ringelblum
Adrien Brody
Emanuel Ringelblum
Voice
Roberta Grossman
Director
Roberta Grossman
Writer
Roberta Grossman
Producer
Nancy Spielberg
Executive Producer
Philippa Kowarsky
Executive Producer
Ronald Lauder
Executive Producer
Anna Rozalska
Executive Producer
Dyanna Taylor
Cinematographer
Christian Callister
Film Editor
Ondine Rarey
Film Editor
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  • It's really quite striking. First of all, the actual content of the film is devastating... [And] it's not a documentary. I think we need a new term for what this is.

    September 18, 2019 | Full Review…

    Tim Cogshell

    FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

  • The film has problems, despite the inarguable worthiness of the material.

    March 6, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

    Mick LaSalle

    San Francisco Chronicle

  • I'm not a fan of reenactments in documentaries, especially when, as here, the real-life footage is so searing. But the staged sequences are tastefully done... This film is itself an important act of historical reclamation.

    February 15, 2019 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

    Peter Rainer

    Christian Science Monitor

  • Though its form is complex, including archival scenes that include concentration camp-type footage, the film's emotional through line is clear and direct.

    January 31, 2019 | Full Review…

    Kenneth Turan

    Los Angeles Times

  • A vital and sobering documentary...

    January 19, 2019 | Full Review…

    Owen Gleiberman

    Variety

  • Regardless of its missteps, Grossman's film should be seen as a necessary introduction to a multitude of stories warranting greater analysis.

    January 18, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

    Matt Fagerholm

    RogerEbert.com
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