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posted on March 11th, 2021 at 9:00 AM 1 of 4 2 of 4 .) After the pandemic began one year ago, cinemas went dark. No more hot buttered popcorn. None of the excitement that comes with watching a highly anticipated festival film combined with meeting the filmmakers for a vibrant post-screening debate. It was a crushing blow, not only for audiences but also for film directors, festivals, and everyone else who makes a living in Canada’s booming cinema industry.  In the face of COVID-19’s unexpected arrival, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) had to navigate many unanticipated...

In his new NFB film the Canadian filmmaker captures an incredible story of an Auschwitz survivor. It’s his own grandmother.

Martha, is being released today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The National Film Board film focuses on Katz, an Auschwitz survivor who moved to Winnipeg after the Second World War. She was 14 when her family was taken from a village in Czechoslovakia and shipped to the death camp. Two of her siblings and her mother died in the gas chambers and her father died when the camp was liberated. She and four siblings survived. Schubert's grandfather also survived a concentration camp, and would tell him st...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Filmmaker Daniel Schubert, left, tells the story of his grandmother, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp, in his new documentary Martha. Ask director Daniel Schubert about the impetus for his new film, and he flashes back to the violent 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Va., with its Neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Thre...