Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film The Long Way Home (1997 film)

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The Long Way Home

This award winning documentary examines the conditions for Jewish refugees after World War II, from their aspirations to emigrate to the reality of continued antisemitism and immigration restrictions. Holocaust survivors' strives to escape poverty, detainment, and fear led to the creation of the modern State of Israel.

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1997

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The Long Way Home (1997 film)
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The Long Way Home

Directed by Mark Jonathan Harris
Produced by Richard Trank
Rabbi Marvin Hier
Narrated by Morgan Freeman
Cinematography Don Lenzer
Edited by Kate Amend
Music by Lee Holdridge

Production
company
Moriah Films
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing

Release date
September 19, 1997

Running time 120 minutes
Country United States
Language English


The Long Way Home is a 1997 American documentary film directed by Mark Jonathan Harris. It depicts the plight of Jewish refugees after World War II that contributed to the creation of the State of Israel.

The film's emphasis is on the pitiful conditions for Jewish refugees in Europe after the war, as antisemitism was still rife and poverty was common. It also shows how emigration to the British Mandate of Palestine became a goal for many, but that British immigration rules often resulted in them being detained in camps in Cyprus. The eventual formation of the State of Israel is then shown, with emphasis on the debates in the White House between Palestinian Jews, President Harry S. Truman, and the United Nations.

The Long Way Home is narrated by Morgan Freeman and features the voices of Edward Asner, Sean Astin, Martin Landau, Miriam Margolyes, David Paymer, Nina Siemaszko, Helen Slater, and Michael York.[1] The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1998.[2]

See also[edit]List of Holocaust films

References[edit]
^ Rosenberg, Jennifer. "A Long Way Home history – Holocaust". history1900s.about.com. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
^ "NY Times: The Long Way Home". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2008.

External links[edit]The Long Way Home at Moriah Films
The Long Way Home at IMDb
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