Among Neighbors (2024)
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Country:
USA, Poland
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Duration:
100 min
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Genre:
animation, historical, reconstruction
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Director:
Yoav Potash
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Producer:
Yoav Potash
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Cast:
Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Henryk & Sławomir Smolarczyk, Anita Friedman
About film
Gnievoszów is a small Polish town where Jews and Catholics lived side by side for centuries. Today no trace remains of its once-thriving Jewish life; even the headstones have vanished from the cemetery. The film Among Our Own restores memory through testimonies, drawings, and pain. The last Holocaust survivor from Gnievoszów and an elderly Polish woman who witnessed the killings recount events that occurred even after the Nazis’ surrender. Using evocative stop-motion animation, Yoav Potash creates an emotional portrait of a community torn apart by fear, love, and guilt.
Rewards and nominations
- Winner — Special Award, Warsaw Jewish Film Festival (2024)
- Winner — Audience Award, San Francisco Independent Film Festival (2025)
- Winner — Envision Award, Jewish Film Institute (USA)
- Winner — Audience Award, Berkshire International Film Festival (USA)
- Winner — Best Documentary Film, LAFA March Award (2025)
Director
Yoav Potash is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. His film Crime After Crime received over 25 awards, including the Freedom of Expression Award from the National Board of Review and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. His films have helped bring about changes in domestic violence laws in several U.S. states. Potash also directed Food Stamped and has collaborated with the Oprah Winfrey Network and Netflix. He is currently continuing his Forgotten Holocaust Stories series.
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Director
Yoav Potash is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. His film Crime After Crime received over 25 awards, including the Freedom of Expression Award from the National Board of Review and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. His films have helped bring about changes in domestic violence laws in several U.S. states. Potash also directed Food Stamped and has collaborated with the Oprah Winfrey Network and Netflix. He is currently continuing his Forgotten Holocaust Stories series.
