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Zyklon Portrait

Directed by Elida Schogt
Canada, 1999 (documentary / experimental, 13 minutes, colour, English)
Zyklon Portrait
Image: © Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

Film Description:
"A unique, efficient and intimate dissertation using home movies and generic instructional archival material to inform us about Zyklon B, a common pesticide transformed into a genocidal weapon by the Nazis. The film paints a horrifying picture of the Holocaust without using Holocaust imagery. This is a document of great emotional weight, offering insight into how we are reminded of our history by the most common of everyday activities."
-- Stacey Donen (source)

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