AFI DOCS has finally revealed its full slate of 92 films representing 22 countries for the 16th edition of the American Film Institute’s five-day documentary film festival in the nation’s capital.
209 rue Saint-Maur Paris 10ème – The Neighbors
209 rue Saint-Maur Paris 10ème – The Neighbors
NAME OF FILM: 209 RUE SAINT-MAUR, PARIS 10ÈME – THE NEIGHBOURS
DIRECTOR(S): Ruth Zylberman
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: After selecting a building at random in a Jewish neighborhood in Paris, French director Ruth Zylberman meticulously reconstructed its community of inhabitants during the German occupation. What results is the spellbinding 209 RUE SAINT-MAUR, an experimental historiography that tells the emotional story of lives uprooted and destroyed under the Nazis.