We Burn Like This

Als die 22-jährige Rae, eine Nachfahrin von Holocaust-Überlebenden, in Billings, Montana, von Neonazis angegriffen wird, wird das Trauma ihrer Vorfahren real. Inspiriert von wahren Ereignissen zeigt diese Coming-of-Age-Geschichte die vererbten Auswirkungen eines historischen Traumas und die Kraft des Überlebens und der Heilung.

Movie data

Year of production: 2021

Country: USA

Language: English

Length: 81 minutes

Directed by: Alana Waksman

Production: Neda Armian (Executive Producer), Eleanor Nett (Executive Producer), Alana Waksman, Marshall Granger, Jeri Rafter

Cast: Madeleine Coghlan, Devery Jacobs, Kendra Mylnechuk, Angelo Rizzo

Screenplay: Alana Waksman

Camera: B. Rubén Mendoza

Cut: Marshall Granger

Film direction

Alana Waksman

Alana Waksman is an Ashkenazi writer, director, and first generation descendant of Holocaust survivors from Poland. She trained as an actor at O’Neill National Theater Institute, and is an alum of the USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA in Film & Television Production. WE BURN LIKE THIS, Alana's award-winning debut feature, premiered at Santa Barbara International Film Festival and internationally at Deauville American Film Festival. www.alanawaksman.com