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?
Filmmaker Elan Golod proposes a documentary portrait of the aging artist but what begins as a peek at a unique witness to history grows into an absorbing study of the function of art as archive and invention. Daring to question an artist’s stories, "Nathan-ism" is a fascinating look at one man’s need to share truths with a world that doesn’t always want to listen.
Screenings
Toronto, ON, Canada
// April 30, 6:00PM
// May 2, 10:30PM
Tel Aviv, Israel
// May 12, 7:15PM
// May 16, 6:30PM
// May 19, 10:30AM
San Francisco, CA
// July 28, 2:50PM
// August 1, 3:00PM
Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival
Providence, RI
// August 10, 1:15PM
Birmingham, AL
// August 26, 2:35PM
Sidewalk Film Festival
Indianapolis, IN
// October 7, 7:15PM
// October 14, 5:15PM
Hot Springs, AR
// October 13, 4:30PM
Savannah, GA
// October 23, 12:00PM
New York, NY
// November 14, 6:00PM
// November 16, 6:00PM
St. Louis, MO
// November 19, 1:00PM
Portland, OR
// January 13, 7:00PM
Sedona, AZ
// February 26, 7:10PM
// February 29, 10:00AM
Boca Raton, FL
// February 29, 3:15PM
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