By Howard Reich Released in 2010 and first broadcast on PBS in 2011, “Prisoner of Her Past” continues to reach audiences around the world. A few weeks ago, WTTW-Ch. 11 – Chicago’s PBS station – presented its 13th annual broadcast in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The film has become an integral part of the city’s… Continue reading ‘Prisoner of Her Past’ still going strong
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Prisoner of Her Past now available on iTunes, Google Play
Prisoner of Her Past is now available for streaming and download worldwide via iTunes and Google Play. The film tells the haunting story of a secret childhood trauma resurfacing, sixty years later, to unravel the life of Holocaust survivor Sonia Reich. Her son, Chicago Tribune arts critic Howard Reich journeys across the United States and… Continue reading Prisoner of Her Past now available on iTunes, Google Play
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“Prisoner of Her Past” circles back to Skokie
Six years after it was completed and five years after its first broadcast, “Prisoner of Her Past” came home to Skokie, where the story originated. “Conversations with Ed Tracy,” an ongoing series at the Skokie Theatre (conversationswithedtracy.com), featured a screening of the film, dialogue with Tracy and questions and commentary from a packed house on… Continue reading “Prisoner of Her Past” circles back to Skokie
“Prisoner of Her Past” back in Toronto
Published on April 21, 2016 by Howard Reich “Prisoner of Her Past” has played Toronto during past film festivals, but the documentary returned to the Ontario capital for a remarkable occasion: Holocaust Education Week 2015. This annual, citywide event features lectures, concerts, panel discussions and films, this year’s proceedings focused on “Liberation: Aftermath & Rebirth.” The… Continue reading “Prisoner of Her Past” back in Toronto
Sixth Annual Broadcast on WTTW on May 5
On Holocaust Remembrance Day (May 5), WTTW-Channel 11 will present its 6th annual broadcast of “Prisoner of Her Past. ” The film will air at 10pm. Written by Emmy-award winning Chicago Tribune journalist, Howard Reich, the film documents Howard’s quest to discover why his mother is reliving her Holocaust past. To date, “Prisoner… Continue reading Sixth Annual Broadcast on WTTW on May 5
Howard Reich joins “Conversations with Ed Tracy” on April 20
Emmy-Award winning Chicago Tribune journalist and author, Howard Reich, will be the special guest at “Conversations with Ed Tracy” at the Skokie Theatre on Wednesday, April 20. This program is part of a new monthly interview series hosted by Ed Tracy featuring authors and influential leaders in the arts, media and business. At 1:30pm, Kartemquin… Continue reading Howard Reich joins “Conversations with Ed Tracy” on April 20
Adrian College views Prisoner of Her Past
An unforgettable residency at Adrian College brought “Prisoner of Her Past” to a large audience during a screening on the evening of March 23, 2015. The panel discussion afterward centered on the subject of memory: how to preserve it, how to cope with it. Monique Savage, longtime director of the school’s Counseling Services Center, made a… Continue reading Adrian College views Prisoner of Her Past
5th Anniversary Broadcast on WTTW
For the fifth year in a row, WTTW Channel 11in Chicago is broadcasting “Prisoner of Her Past” in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Week. The film traces Chicago Tribune journalist Howard Reich’s journey to uncover his mother’s hidden Holocaust childhood – and why she is reliving it. “Prisoner of Her Past” remains quite active: Howard recently… Continue reading 5th Anniversary Broadcast on WTTW
Examining Trauma at Virginia Tech
On April 16, 2007, a student at Virginia Tech University india viagra generic safe killed 32 people and injured 18 in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. That tragic event formed the backdrop for a three-day “Prisoner of Her Past” residency at the Blacksburg, Va., campus, where I showed the film and discussed its… Continue reading Examining Trauma at Virginia Tech
Howard Reich: Learning from trauma
COLLEGIATE TIMES By Katrina Spinner-Wilson, lifestyles editor Thursday, October 2, 2014 Howard Reich grew up in Illinois knowing almost nothing about his mother’s childhood. “When I compare notes with my sister, we can only think of about three sentences that my mother told the both of us through our entire lives of growing up with… Continue reading Howard Reich: Learning from trauma
Revelations In Florida
Insights on the meanings of “Prisoner of Her Past” have come from many sources, and this week they were delivered by some very savvy psychiatrists. During a Florida tour organized by Dr. Marc Agronin, we presented the film at the annual meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, in Orlando on March 17. After the… Continue reading Revelations In Florida
A big year in 2014
“Prisoner of Her Past” begins its fifth year going remarkably strong, with broadcasts and events scheduled throughout 2014. It all began as a Chicago Tribune article in 2003, evolved into a book in 2006 and became a documentary film in 2010 – and the story shows no signs of slowing down. The audience only seems to… Continue reading A big year in 2014
We’ve been busy
The past couple of years have been brisk in the life of “Prisoner of Her Past.” Among the highlights: Oct. 8-9, 2012 at Westtown School, West Chester, Pa. Established in 1799, this Quaker school presented me during a two-day residency in which several hundred students watched the film, with a robust Q-and-A that followed. The next… Continue reading We’ve been busy
Returning to New Orleans
Prisoner of Her Past plays a little differently in front of every audience, but nowhere like in New Orleans. Though only a brief – if significant – sequence of the film was shot in the Crescent City, the audience embraced that passage. In the Q-and-A session following the screening at the National World War II Museum… Continue reading Returning to New Orleans
Some Very Savvy 8th Graders
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Reaching Students Where They Live
A critical new audience has opened up for “Prisoner of Her Past” in the past several weeks: students. Though we had shown the film once before to teenagers – at Northwestern University’s National High School – the scope and breadth of our student audience expanded dramatically last month. generic viagra online india “Prisoner” has played to… Continue reading Reaching Students Where They Live
“Prisoner of Her Past” Premieres in Greece
I had the pleasure of being the guest of the Kos International Health Film Festival for the Greek premiere of Prisoner of Her Past on September 5th this year, on the island of Kos. There were about 60 people at the screening – a very respectable number for an out-of-competition film at such a faraway… Continue reading “Prisoner of Her Past” Premieres in Greece
A Haunting Theme in Warsaw
One question kept coming up during the Warsaw premiere of “Prisoner of Her Past,” Oct. 18 in an exhibition space near the Jewish Historical Institute. Though audience members in the SRO crowd phrased it in different ways, they kept returning to the same motif: Why didn’t my mother talk about her Holocaust trauma after the… Continue reading A Haunting Theme in Warsaw
Lessons From Prague
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Hope, Optimism, and Courage
I’m sorry to say that George Kennedy, a personal hero of mine and a champion of “Prisoner of Her Past,” died Sept. 1 at age 86. George, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary, was one of the first people to support the film, and he appeared on the panel following our premiere at the Gene Siskel Film Center,… Continue reading Hope, Optimism, and Courage
Galvanized by Students
Until Tuesday night (July 13), I wondered whether “Prisoner of Her Past” would mean anything to teenagers. Could kids in 21st Century America relate to the story of my mother, who is reliving traumas she experienced in Eastern Europe in WWII? It all seemed a bit remote. But the youngsters who crowded into the McCormick Tribune Center… Continue reading Galvanized by Students
Joy at the Tivoli
More than 400 people poured into the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove on Monday night (July 12, 2010), to catch “Prisoner of Her Past.” Just seeing the film’s title sprawled across this theater’s glorious, glittering marquee was a thrill. You don’t encounter movie houses like this very often anymore. The historic theater, which opened in 1928, has been… Continue reading Joy at the Tivoli
The Film Takes Flight
The long and thrilling process of making “Prisoner of Her Past,” which began in 2004, has ended. And the journey to bring the film to audiences around the world has begun. With this first blog entry, I’ll recap where we’ve shown the film so far, as we prepare to take “Prisoner of Her Past” wherever there’s… Continue reading The Film Takes Flight
Now screening worldwide
Critically acclaimed as “one of the most emotionally wrenching yet rewarding films” by the Huffington Post, Prisoner of Her Past explores a topic virtually untouched in popular culture and scientific literature: the delayed effects of childhood trauma. This new film from Gordon Quinn, Jerry Blumenthal, Joanna Rudnick, and Zak Piper – with Chicago Tribune columnist… Continue reading Now screening worldwide