Martha, Memories of a Witch / Vienna's Lost Daughters

MARTHA, MEMORIES OF A WITCH, 2007, Italy, 50 min. Dir. Giovanni Calamari. Harsh and imposing like the Dolomites, smooth and fragile like the paths unwinding through the Sciliar Highland, Martha mirrors the ancient mountain environment with its traditions, tales and scented herbs, but also hard work and loneliness. She wanders the Sciliar Highlands in an arduous quest of self-realization, which her fellow villagers call "Martha's disease," but the headstrong young woman discovers her magic self.

VIENNA’S LOST DAUGHTERS, 2007, Austria, 87 min. Director Miriam Unger explores the overlapping lives of eight Austrian women who have lived in New York most of their adult lives. Called “Vienna’s Lost Daughters,” they all grew up Jewish in the city and had to flee in the late 1930s. Unger explores how the suffering continues on through the generations while also celebrating how the women were able to lead successful, positive lives.