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Above the Drowning Sea, a new documentary directed by René Balcer and Nicola Zavaglia, highlights the escape of European Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe on the eve of World War II. The film reveals that a chapter in history as broadly analyzed as the Holocaust still bears its secrets and hidden narratives. In focus are the Jewish survivors ...
Narrated by Julianna Margulies. 88 minutes, Color. Time & Rhythm Cinema, 2017. Reviewed by David B. Gordon. The documentary film Above the Drowning Sea ambitiously attempts to address a variety of themes related to the Jewish refugee community that took shape in Shanghai, China, during the late 1930s.
René Balcer, writer-director of documentary Above the Drowning Sea, tells how the story of the escape of Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe to Shanghai on the eve of WWII, is an echo of history with parallels in today’s world. Shot across six countries, the documentary follows the personal journeys of Jewish refugees who came to Shanghai, and ...
May 30, 2017 · Above the Drowning Sea: Directed by Rene Balcer, Nicola Zavaglia. With Julianna Margulies, Tony Goldwyn, Nick Mancuso, William Chang. A documentary about Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe who, at a time when all doors were closed to them, found sanctuary in Shanghai, thanks to the intervention of Chinese diplomat Ho Feng Shan who as Chinese ...
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Oct 17, 2017 · The USC U.S.-China Institute, USC Pacific Asia Museum, and USC Shoah Foundation presented a screening of the film Above the Drowning Sea, the story of the dramatic escape of European Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe to Shanghai on the eve of World War Two.
Mar 1, 2017 · By Justin Kroll. REX/Shutterstock. “Scandal” star Tony Goldwyn and Julianna Margulies will narrate the documentary “Above the Drowning Sea.”. The doc is about the Jewish refugee experience ...
Above the Drowning Sea tells the story of the dramatic escape of European Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe to Shanghai on the eve of World War Two. As Hitler’s forces sought to expel the Jews from Europe, no other country would open its doors to the refugees. Their lives at stake, the refugees desperately looked for an escape from the coming ...
