Israeli Doc Series presents: The Partisan With the Leica Camera

Yael Perlov returns to Duke to screen her most recent film, The Partisan With The Leica Camera (2022, runtime 54 min.) followed by Q&A as part of the Israeli Documentary Series. A reception will precede the event at 6:30PM in the Ruby Lounge. Film synopsis: A frightened look of a woman, from a rare self-portrait of a couple, leads the director to a shocking family story. Hidden secrets revealed when 65-year-old son, Simon, discovers that his father, the photographer Mundek Lukawiecki, and his mother, the housewife Hannah Bern, were the commanders of a Polish assassination squad that operated during the Holocaust. The chilling facts are backed by unique photos taken in the forest by Mundek, the partisan, on his Leica camera. WINNER: Best Documentary Award, 2023 Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Paris