AS SEEN THROUGH THESE EYES

Poet Maya Angelou writes: “I know why the caged bird sings”. So does director hilary helstein, who has traveled the world over the past decade, compiling interviews with survivors who have given us something that history couldn’t: a journal of the holocaust as seen through the eyes of the artist, through the eyes of people who, by the very act of creating, rebelled and risked their lives by doing what they were forbidden to do. As Maya Angelou narrates this powerful documentary, she reveals the story of a brave group of people who fought hitler with the only weapons they had: charcoal, pencil stubs, shreds of paper and memories etched in their minds. These artists took their fate into their own hands to make a compelling statement about the human spirit, enduring against unimaginable odds.