History Through Movies

HISTORY THROUGH MOVIES The Last Days The movie “The Last Days” focuses on five Shoah survivors, each one of them telling their story to the camera. These five survivors are named Congressmen Tom Lantos, Alice Lok Cahara, Renee Firestone, Bill Basch and Irene Zisblatt. Each one of them came to America after the war creating families, professions and occupations, they narrate there past. The first person viewed is congressmen Tom Lantos, the 10- times elected …

…so abbreviated to keep the film moving quickly that they feel incomplete. I certainly cannot say that this movie is too biased since it was portrayed through the victim’s real life experiences of the Holocaust. The director’s perspective to me did not have much to do with this documentary I feel that it concerns more the survivors perspectives. It is historically accurate since it is a documentary, which means that it is realistic.