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Inspired by W. G. Sebald, Sergei Loznitsa’s German documentary observes visitors at a former Nazi concentration camp.
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- In person
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- Museum of Modern Art, film theaters, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019, Manhattan, New York City
About this event
Sergei Loznitsa turns his camera on the behavior of visitors at a concentration camp memorial in Austerlitz. Taking its title and inspiration from W. G. Sebald’s novel, the documentary asks how the rituals of tourism shape encounters with Holocaust history.
Presented in MoMA’s Sergei Loznitsa retrospective. The German production runs 94 minutes and includes English and German with English subtitles. Reserve through MoMA.
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German film, Holocaust memory and W. G. Sebald.