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A monument in world and cinema history, Claude Lanzmann’s nine-and-a-half hour Holocaust documentary Shoah stands four decades after its release as one of the greatest of all films. Yet because of its imposing length, it is rarely screened. Bringing together the testimony of survivors, witnesses, perpetrators, historians, and more, without any use of archival footage, Shoah is as much a work of art as it is an essential work of reportage. Lanzmann spent more than twelve years making Shoah, which is both straightforward in its style and rigorous in its formal structure and cinematic style. Ultimately, it is a work that believes in morality and objectivity. Which is why it feels more essential than ever, in a world with anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred on the rise, and an increasingly malleable approach to truth pervading the internet and other forms of media. Shoah is more than a film; it is a life-changing experience.

As a companion program, the new documentary All I Had Was Nothingness, a remarkable look behind the scenes of Lanzmann’s journey to make Shoah, is showing alongside Alain Resnais’s half-hour documentary essay about the Holocaust, Night and Fog, on March 30 and April 6.

Shoah will be presented with two 20-minute breaks and one 60-minute break, all included in the film’s listed total runtime. Light refreshments will be available for purchase—pre-order as an add-on during online ticket purchase to guarantee availability, as only limited items will be available for walk-up purchase.