Martha

Schubert, Daniel, (film director.). Vercruysse, Shirley, (film producer.). Snelgrove, Teri, (film producer.). Vercruysse, Shirley, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Even at a frail 90, Martha Katz has an impish energy that remains undiminished. She chides grandson-filmmaker Daniel Schubert over his choice of shirt during a visit to her Los Angeles home, but there's trauma beneath the humour. At 14, Martha and her family were torn from their village in Czechoslovakia and shipped to Auschwitz. A visit to a Holocaust museum ignites painful memories, including a haunting personal encounter with one of Nazi Germany's most notorious figures. For Martha, however, the emphasis is on a tough but rewarding postwar life in Winnipeg, which she fondly recalls in this warm, intimate portrait of an unrelenting survivor.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (21 min., 33 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2021.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Daniel Schubert ; writer, Daniel Schubert, Birdie Hamilton ; producer, Shirley Vercruysse, Teri Snelgrove ; director of photography, Michael Dinsmore ; editor, Hart Snider, Jason Schneider ; composer, Brent Belke ; production designer, Jennifer LeCaine ; costume designer, Barbara Gregusova ; hair artist, Pamela Silvey, Catherine Sherwin ; makeup artist, Pamela Silvey, Catherine Sherwin ; location sound recordist, Iryna Kucherenko ; sound designer, Chris McIntosh ; re-recording mixer, Chris McIntosh ; researcher, Caroline Coutts ; executive producer, Shirley Vercruysse.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast, Mila Bursac, Shaun Morse, Orsolya Szabo.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2020.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).