A Ship Called Lili: The Lillian Trilling Story | High School Film Competition

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An animated film about Holocaust survivor and activist Lillian Trilling which chronicles her experience of escaping the Warsaw Ghetto, surviving a #MeToo experience, working as a nanny in a German castle, and her eventual liberation and journey to America.

The Righteous Conversations Project (at Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, CA)

Film Contact:

Samara Hutman

samara@remember-us.org

Year
2021
Runtime
10 minutes
Language
English
Country
USA
Premiere
Midwest Premiere
Rating
Mature Themes
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Director
Natasha Clement, Alexa Druyanoff, Ian Kim, Dovely King, Eve Levy, Idalis McZeal, Ella Moriarty, Gracie Sandman, Hank Schoen
Screenwriter
Natasha Clement, Alexa Druyanoff, Ian Kim, Dovely King, Eve Levy, Idalis McZeal, Ella Moriarty, Gracie Sandman, Hank Schoen
Producer
C. Lily Ericsson
Executive Producer
Cheri Gaulke, Samara Hutman
Cast
Lillian Trilling
Animator
Natasha Clement, Alexa Druyanoff, Ian Kim, Dovely King, Eve Levy, Idalis McZeal, Ella Moriarty, Gracie Sandman, Hank Schoen

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