Under Their Skin
Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors made the controversial decision to tattoo their grandparents’ concentration camp numbers on their own bodies.
Under Their Skin: Tattoos of Memory and Resilience is a character-driven film featuring grandchildren of survivors (3Gs) who have made the controversial decision to tattoo their grandparents’ concentration camp numbers on their own bodies. The film follows subjects as they navigate personal relationships and public interactions that alternately celebrate and challenge their decision—and raise questions about the reenactment of trauma, and the act of transforming that trauma into healing. In interweaving storylines, we will meet 3Gs whose stories reveal that historical remembrance is an essential part of engaging with social issues and the rise of hate and intolerance today.
Keywords
holocaust (shoah), jewish, documentary
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Under Their Skin about?
- Under Their Skin: Tattoos of Memory and Resilience is a character-driven film featuring grandchildren of survivors (3Gs) who have made the controversial decision to tattoo their grandparents’ concentration camp numbers on their own bodies. The film follows subjects as they navigate personal relationships and public interactions that alternately celebrate and challenge their decision—and raise questions about the reenactment of trauma, and the act of transforming that trauma into healing. In interweaving storylines, we will meet 3Gs whose stories reveal that historical remembrance is an essential part of engaging with social issues and the rise of hate and intolerance today.
- Who directed Under Their Skin?
- Under Their Skin was directed by Cathy R Fischer, Sam Ball.
- What genre is Under Their Skin?
- Under Their Skin is a Documentary film.
- Where was Under Their Skin produced?
- Under Their Skin was produced in United States of America.