A Holocaust survivor's grandson becomes Gaza's unlikely defender — history twists in on itself.
In 2010 the Freedom Flotilla attempts to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. In international waters the flotilla is attacked by the Israeli army and 9 people are killed. 9 anonymous people. But the dead still have a name. In 2014 Gaza is attacked by Israel. 2131 Palestinians are killed, among them 513 children. 513 dead children. But the dead children still have names. The film is about a Jewish person who has made a political journey from the Vietnam war to Gaza. This person is the paediatrician Henry Ascher, who lost his fathers entire family in the Holocaust.
Writing
The title itself weaponizes elegy — each name a refusal to disappear.
Direction
Harringer trusts silence; no score manipulates your grief.
Production
79 minutes that somehow spans Vietnam, Holocaust, Gaza — temporal collapse.
Director
Bo Harringer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Freedom Flotilla' incident collapsed Sweden-Israel diplomatic relations; this doc played at Göteborg Film Festival amid official protests.
Ascher's pediatric specialty becomes symbolic: he literally measures Palestinian children's growth against blockade-induced malnutrition, turning medical charts into evidence.
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