dave@lsuc.UUCP (04/27/87)
Claude Lanzmann's SHOAH will be shown on WNED Channel 17 (Buffalo -
Public Broadcasting Service) this week. It's on both Monday-Thursday
at 8pm and Tuesday-Friday at 1pm, in 4 parts. The total length of
the film is 9-1/2 hours.
I haven't (yet) seen SHOAH, but have read a number of reviews.
It's a documentary that explores the Holocaust ("Shoah" is the
Hebrew word for the Holocaust), what happened, and why. Rather
than using WWII-era footage, it's done entirely with present-day
footage of the concentration camps and extermination camps, and
interviews with survivors and former camp guards and SS officers
(some of whom were filmed without their knowledge).
The reviews I have read suggest SHOAH is very moving and
well worth seeing. This is the first time it has been on
TV. (The videotapes of the entire film can be purchased, but
they cost about $600, and that's a subsidized price, so if you
ever want to watch it, taping it this week would be worthwhile.)
I've limited this posting to Distribution: ont because I don't
know whether and when the entire PBS network is showing it.
David Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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