This is History (after all)
Synopsis
The hidden history of the Roma Holocaust told through the testimony of five witnesses and survivors. Seventy years after the event they are still living next-door to the mass graves…some marked, but others long forgotten amongst the forests and wheat fields of Poland.
Details
- Year
- 2014
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 31 mins
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Roz Mortimer
- Producer
- Roz Mortimer
- Sound
- Jeremy Williams
- Music
- Scanner
- Interpreter, Poland
- Magda Bartosz
- Translator
- Dorota Miklasinska
- Production Assistant, London
- Eva Lis
- Digital Effects
- Joe Pavlo
- Colourist
- Sue Giovanni
Production Status
Production Company
www.wonder-dog.co.uk
Sales Company
www.wonder-dog.co.uk
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