MY GRANDFATHER’S HOUSE | Director: | Ron Steinman |
| | Year Released: | 2004 | Jan's Rating: Rich's Rating: | 4 out of 5 3.5 out of 5 | Key Performances: | Eileen Douglas Eileen’s Mom & Daughter Cousins on 3 Continents U.S. Holocaust Museum Staff Vitalia (Lithuanian archivist)
| Movie Haiku: | Travel with a Jewish-American woman back to “the Old Country.” 70-minute film has three parts. First, Eileen develops detailed information about her grandfather’s family. Then she walks the streets of Lithuania he once called home. Finally, she brings all the surviving cousins together for a reunion. Wise, life-affirming, heart-warming documentary.***** For more, see the “Columns” section for Jan’s WJD review. | ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM: | Women filmmakers? | Yes | Jewish content? | Yes | Haiku Posted: | 2005 | |
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