The Archives Documentary: Experiential Learning

Course Description

The Archives is a documentary currently in production that visits Holocaust archives and Jewish cemeteries around the world, including in Austria, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Brazil, and the U.S. These hallowed places of Holocaust history are the searching grounds for four descendants seeking evidence of their interrupted family stories from the pre-second World War era. As the protagonists get closer to the truth with the help of archivists assisting them in their searches, they receive a measure of restitution. This course is an opportunity to participate in the latest documentary by Professor Bernadette Wegenstein as her team ends production and moves the film into post-production. Students will assist in the pre-production of final film shoots planned for March 2025 in New York and Baltimore. Interested students will be able to take part in these film shoots as credited production assistants. They will also learn how a documentary that has been made over the past three years will be prepared for post-production including writing a paper cut and working with animators. Students don’t need any formal knowledge of documentary filmmaking but should be interest in research, Holocaust history, and exile stories.

Code

AS.211.682

Credits

3

Subject

Modern Languages & Literatures