Nathan-ism
Join us for a film screening at the Yiddish Book Center on Sunday, June 23 @ 2:00 p.m. ET
At the end of World War II, Nathan Hilu, the son of Syrian Jewish immigrants to New York, received a life-changing assignment from the U.S. Army: to guard the top Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials. This experience fueled a lifetime of artistic inspiration for Nathan, a virtually unknown “outsider artist”, who spent the next 70 years obsessively creating a visual narrative from his memories. But what happens when those memories take on a life of their own?
Nathan-ism explores Nathan's relationship with his own stories, and the compulsion he has toshare them with a world that doesn't always listen.
Credits
Director/Editor - Elan Golod
Producers - Melanie Vi Levy, Elan Golod
Executive Producer - Caryn Capotosto
Cinematography - Jason Blevins
Animation - Héloïse Dorsan-Rachet, Hectah Arias
Original Score - Christopher Bowen
Editorial Consultant - Geoff Richman A.C.E
Story Consultant - Harry Vaughn
World Premiere - Hot Docs 2023
Recipient of Jewish Story Partners grant - Fall 2022
Run time: 80 minutes
