Director:
Cynthia Connop
Producer:
Cynthia Connop, Mitzi Goldman
Screenwriter:
Cinematography:
Annie Benzie
Editor:
Richard Mordaunt
Music:
Coolangubra Trio
Cast:
Bettina Goering, Ruth Rich
Country:
Australia
Running Time:
52 minutes
Synopsis:
A moving meditation on guilt and reconciliation, this 52 minute documentary film explores the unwritten cost of war and genocide on future generations – of both victims and perpetrators. Bettina Goering, descendent of Nazi war criminal Herman Goering, comes to Australia to meet Ruth Rich, artist and the daughter of Holocaust survivors. With astonishing honesty and courage, both women attempt to reconcile the traumas in their bloodlines.
Filmmaker Bio
Cynthia Connop has over 20 years experience in the film and television industry as a writer, producer and director. Her feature documentary ‘Sacred Sex’ (ABC/Channel4/Miramax) achieved a highly successful theatrical, television and video release worldwide. ‘Bloodlines’ is her latest film in a series of documentaries exploring human relationships. Cynthia teaches documentary filmmaking and is Chairperson of the regional film organisation, Screenworks.
Director’s Statement
It was always my intention to take Bettina and Ruth’s story out into the world so it may trigger possibilities of reconciliation for others. It doesn’t matter whether it’s the Holocaust in your past, or other painful family legacies, I believe if we are willing to explore them and feel them as these two women did, there is hope for the future.