Making Light In Terezin

Richard Krevolin's immensely warm film, Making Light in Terezin, follows a group of researchers trying to piece together the story of a cabaret theater that formed during the Holocaust. Told through interviews with survivors and Krevolin's tone-perfect narration, the film strikes a distinctly hopeful note. The audience is treated to the warm faces of Holocaust survivors as they are today, one of whom, Pavel Stransky, a crisp, smiling nonagenarian, carries much of the storyline along and is wonderful to watch. Other interviews include Rabbinical historians, researchers, and artists, each discussing the themes of healing and carrying on, the outcome of which is a beautiful story, accentuated by a surprise story-within-a-story that brings the film to a satisfying end. In fact, as soon as it ended, I watched it again.