IN THE MONUMENT explores the evolution of Holocaust commemoration and monument building in the last 70 years. Presenting six shortlisted finalists for the design competition to build the Canadian National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, the film examines the roles of Holocaust commemoration in the 21st century and of public art in preserving history for the future.
Jacqueline Levitin, filmmaker and professor in Film and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University travels to China to seek out traces of her family's past.
War is unimaginably horrific, rife with atrocities that defy human comprehension. But after a war is over and order is restored does hatred disappear?
A Canadian mother and daughter travel the 4,000-year-old Jewish diaspora and find the key to an unknown past.
The intersection of faith and culture while keeping respect for a partner's culture and tradition in a mixed marriage are at the root of this journey to explore and understand Jewish identity.