FILMS: They Spoke Out: American Voices Against the Holocaust

[Ryan Goble]

Found out about this interesting Disney produced video from the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in NYC.  At their annual festival they had a ..

A Special Holocaust Remembrance Day Presentation: Disney and Neal Adams Take on the Holocaust
Legendary comic book artist Neal Adams (Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Avengers: Kree Skrull War), Disney Educational Productions chief Lisa Clements, and Holocaust historian Dr. Rafael Medoff unveil their new collaboration:  "They Spoke Out: American Voices of Protest Against the Holocaust," a stunning series of motion comics that will revolutionize Holocaust education.  Featuring the premiere of the first two episodes in the series.

From there I found this blurb in the New York Times:

April 9, 2010

ARTS, BRIEFLY

Motion Comic Recalls Rescuers In Holocaust

By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

When superheroes team up in comic books, they typically combat a great evil. A similar approach is being undertaken with “They Spoke Out: American Voices of Protest Against the Holocaust,” a 10-episode series of motion comics. The project is a collaboration among Disney Educational Productions, the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies in Washington and the veteran comic book artist Neal Adams. (Above, a drawing from the series.) Each episode will highlight a rarely told story of Americans who helped rescue Jews from the Holocaust and include a mix of animation, traditional comic book art, period photographs and film. The first two episodes, “La Guardia’s War Against Hitler” and “Voyage of the Doomed,” will be screened at an art festival held by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art on Sunday at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan. The 10-episode series was written by Rafael Medoff, the director of the Wyman Institute. The comics will also be available at theyspokeout.com beginning Friday evening.

Then - yeah, at http://dep.disney.go.com/theyspokeout/index.html you can check out and watch for more info on the series ...

If you're interested in an even more powerful story of Holocaust resistance, check out the German Film Sophie Scholl that was nominated for a best Foreign Film Academy Award in 2005. 

The film is about "Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's life: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless. Written by Diaboyos imdb.com