Hilary Helstein offers a historically significant documentary reportage of Holocaust survivors who utilized art as their primary coping mechanism inside Hitler's concentration camps.
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09/28/09
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As Seen Through These Eyes (2009)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:4
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.8/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 2, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: As Maya Angelou narrates this powerful documentary, she reveals the story of a brave group of people who fought Hitler with the only weapons they had: charcoal, pencil stubs, shreds of paper and... [More]
Director: Hilary Helstein
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Reviews for As Seen Through These Eyes
1 - 7 (sorted by fresh rating)
Though Maya Angelou is enlisted as the solemn narrator of Hilary Helstein's Holocaust documentary, the survivors here need no help expressing their own tragedies.
10/02/09
A quietly impressive testament to the tenaciousness of the human spirit.
09/24/09
Distinguishes itself from many other Holocaust documentaries and offers a new perspective on this timeless tragedy.
10/02/09
Distractingly tortured metaphors are given a distractingly affected narration by Maya Angelou.
09/29/09
Top CriticArt executed under the most excruciating conditions deserves a far more searching study than this too short film, which has the structure of a hurried checklist.
10/02/09
Top CriticUnfortunately, Angelou's detached and often superfluous narration lessens the film's impact.
10/02/09
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