Time Apart: A History of Hope
Time Apart: A History of Hope is a documentary film by Rachel Bower and Warren Brown. Principal photography was done in Romania, Israel and Ukraine.
The film received press coverage by Breakfast Television, CBC radio, CTV News, and The Chronicle Herald newspaper.
Time Apart: A History of Hope appears on imdb.com
Plot summary
A search, a journey, a life’s dream fulfilled. Seventy-seven-year-old Holocaust survivor Alice Zuckerman never gave up hope she would find her family, lost after the Second World War. When scribbled notes on torn paper reveal clues to her past, Alice and her family reunite. Alice takes us on a moving journey through old Eastern Europe, a world that seemingly disappeared through Nazism and communism. Yet the world of Alice’s childhood remains vital in the hearts of the people she meets along the way. Time Apart: A History of Hope is a story that proves, as Alice Zuckerman says, "Hope is the last thing to die."
The documentary runs 43 minutes, and is produced by Willow Productions
Film festivals
Time Apart: A History of Hope was an official selection in the following film festivals:
- Big Bear Lake Film Festival, Big Bear Lake, CA September 2010
- DocMiami Miami, Miami, FL May 2010
- Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, NS September 2009
- Lighthouse Film Festival Long Beach Island, NJ June 2009
- SilverWave Film Festival, Fredricton, NB November 2008
- New Hope Film Festival, New Hope, PA, July 2011
The film has also been screened at:
- Holocaust Education Week, Toronto, ON November 2009
- Holocaust Education Week, Halifax, NS November 2008
Awards
The film won the New Brunswick Joy Award through Linda Joy Award at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, N.S.