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My Knees Were Jumping (1995)
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Remembering The Kindertransports
Nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, My Knees Were Jumping is the first feature-length documentary to reveals the heart-wrenching story behind the Kindertransport. A powerful account of this astonishing slice of Holocaust history, it is told with poignant intimacy by the daughter of a survivor.
Filmmaker Melissa Hacker's mother, Ruth Morely (Academy Award nominated costume designer for The Miracle Worker), was one of the over 10,000 children saved in the Kindertrasnport movement during the Holocaust. On the eve of World War II, as millions of Jews were seeking refuge from Nazi persecution, country after country turned its back - all except for Great | | |
