Under Their Skin

Tattoos of Memory and Resilience

ABOUT THE PROJECT

LOGLINE
A character-driven documentary about people who have made the controversial decision to tattoo their grandparents’ concentration camp numbers on their own bodies. The film is directed by Cathy R Fischer, the child and grandchild of Holocaust survivors.

SYNOPSIS
Under Their Skin: Tattoos of Memory and Resilience is a character-driven film featuring grandchildren of survivors (3Gs) who have made the controversial decision to tattoo their grandparents’ concentration camp numbers on their own bodies. The film follows subjects as they navigate personal relationships and public interactions that alternately celebrate and challenge their decision—and raise questions about the reenactment of trauma, and the act of transforming that trauma into healing. In interweaving storylines, we will meet 3Gs whose stories reveal that historical remembrance is an essential part of engaging with social issues and the rise of hate and intolerance today.

PROJECT TYPE Documentary Feature

DIRECTOR Cathy R. Fischer

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