The Four Sisters

television series by Lanzmann

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The Four Sisters is a four-part television series by Claude Lanzmann, released in 2018. This series features interviews with four Holocaust survivors that were originally cut from Lanzmann's acclaimed 1985 documentary, Shoah. Lanzmann, a French journalist and filmmaker, is best known for his work on the Holocaust, utilizing firsthand interviews to construct his narratives. The Four Sisters offers a continuation of this approach, presenting harrowing personal accounts from survivors. Lanzmann's films, including Shoah and The Four Sisters, have been recognized for their significant contribution to documentary filmmaking and their exploration of the human toll of war and persecution.1

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…directed the four-part television series The Four Sisters (2018), which features harrowing interviews with four Holocaust survivors that had been cut from Shoah.
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…directed the four-part television series The Four Sisters (2018), which features harrowing interviews with four Holocaust survivors that had been cut from Shoah.
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