Nathan-ism
'Nathan-ism' feels like a journey toward understanding the intersection of art and memory, truth, time and creativity.
-- The Independent Critic
Nathan-ism
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? NATHAN-ISM explores Nathan's relationship with his own stories, and the compulsion he has to share them with a world that doesn't always listen.
“Nathan-ism is an intimate portrait of a peculiar and complex artist... a quest to keep memories alive and transcend the limits of our existence.” – Hoy Sale Cine
“Hilu narrates with the belief of a guru, making everything he’s saying implicitly engaging.” – Film Threat
“Nathan-ism is an intimate portrait of a peculiar and complex artist... a quest to keep memories alive and transcend the limits of our existence.” – Hoy Sale Cine
“Hilu narrates with the belief of a guru, making everything he’s saying implicitly engaging.” – Film Threat
Genre
Documentary,
Art & Artists,
History,
Jewish Culture,
Jewish Experience
Runtime
79
Language
English,
German
Director
Elan Golod
Played at
Royal 12.06.24 - 12.12.24
Town Center 5 12.15.24 - 12.15.24
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