I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors
Directed by	Ann Marie Fleming
Written by	Ann Marie Fleming
Produced by	Gerry Flahive Michael Fukushima
Edited by	Ann Marie Fleming Ileana Pietrobruno
Music by	Pierre Yves Drapeau Normand Roger
Release date	2010
Running time	15 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors is a 2010 animated film by Ann Marie Fleming based on a 2006 autobiographical graphic novel by Bernice Eisenstein. In the book and its film adaptation, Eisenstein explores her own identity through the experience of her parents, both Auschwitz survivors.

Production

Fleming was one of several animators approached by National Film Board of Canada producer Michael Fukushima for film treatments for a planned adaption of Eisenstein's book. Fleming had never head of the book and was at first reluctant, as she was more accustomed to creating her own personal works and because as a non-Jew, she was unsure she would be able to portray Eisenstein's story. She was assured that her background was not an issue for the NFB or the author, and submitted a proposal that was eventually accepted. Work on the 15-minute film would take almost four years, with Fleming using three animators: Lillian Chan, Howie Shia and Kevin Langdale. The film was named one of the Toronto International Film Festival's top ten Canadian films of the year.

External links

• I Was A Child Of Holocaust Survivors at the National Film Board of Canada
• I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors at IMDb
• Wilson, Lucas F. W. (2021). "Inherited Traumatic Threads: Postmemory and the Dis/function of Hand-Me-Downs in Bernice Eisenstein's I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors". Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes. 32: 86–98. doi:10.25071/1916-0925.40243. ISSN 1916-0925.