Aftereffects: The representation of the Holocaust, its universal moral implication and the transgenerational transformation of the trauma based on the Israeli documentary fim OY MAMA
Journal Title: Kultura Popularna - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 51
Abstract
The Holocaust has found ample expression in Israeli documentary cinema throughout the years. The case study of the paper is the documentary film Oy Mama (Noa Maiman; Orna Ben-Dor Niv, 2010). In the documentary, third generation Holocaust survivor Maiman explores the way the trauma of her 95-year-old grandmother, Fira, influenced the second and third generation, and the way it combines in the life of Fira’s Peruvian caregiver, Magna, and Magna’s 5-year-old daughter, Firita, who are about to be deported from Israel. The paper will analyze the complex combination it generates between generations, past and present, Jewish-Israelis and foreign workers. As opposed to psychological research, which questions the transgenerational transformation of the trauma, the paper will show how Maiman claims that the Holocaust shaped the identity of the second and third generation in her family. The paper will also show how through the combination of Fira’s, Magma’s and Firita’s stories, Noa asks, not only to commemorate a familial Holocaust story, but also to enable the viewers to interpret the present through the past, hoping it will help the plea of the foreign worker.<br/><br/>
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