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Paper clips - Linda Hooper, David Smith, Sandra Roberts, Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab

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It began as a lesson about prejudice... what happened next was a miracle.

Whitwell, Tennessee USA, is a small, rural community of less than two thousand people nestled in the mountains of Tennessee. Its citizens are almost exclusively white and Christian. In 1998, the children of Whitwell Middle School took on an inspiring project, launched out of their principal's desire to help her students open their eyes to the diversity of the world beyond their insulated valley. What happened would change the students, their teachers, their families and the entire town forever... and eventually open hearts and minds around the world.

Paper clips is the moving and inspiring documentary film that captures how these students responded to lessons about the Holocaust-with a promise to honour every lost soul by collecting one paper clip for each individual exterminated by the Nazis. Despite the fact that they had previously been unaware of and unfamiliar with the Holocaust, their dedication was absolute. Their plan was simple but profound. The amazing result, a memorial rail car filled with 11 million paper clips (representing 6 million Jews and 5 million gypsies, homosexuals and other victims of the Holocaust) which stands permanently in their schoolyard, is an unforgettable lesson of how a committed group of children and educators can change the world one classroom at a time.

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film documentary holocaust school Jew Nazi World War II project Whitwell Tennessee

Persons of interest

Tom Bosley .... Himself
Linda Hooper .... Herself
Sandra Roberts .... Herself
Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand .... Herself
Peter Schroeder .... Himself
David Smith .... Himself
Joe Fab .... Screenwriter
Elliot Berlin .... Director
Joe Fab .... Director

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Paper clips official movie site
Paper clips film production notes
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Awards and film festivals:

Jackson Hole Film Festival 2004: Won: Audience Choice Award (Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab), Cowboy Award - Best Documentary (Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab)
Rome International Film Festival 2004: Won: Festival Award: Best Overall Film (Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab), RIFF Jury Award: Best Director - USA (Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab), Best Documentary - USA (Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab), Best Original Score (Charlie Barnett)

NB: English and German languages with English language subtitles
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