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‘Zone of Interest’ Backer Access Funds New Holocaust Music Doc for BBC Arts


BBC Arts' documentary 'The Last Musician of Auschwitz' will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

The 90-minute film, co-funded by Access, the company behind Cannes, Oscar and BAFTA-winning “ The Zone of Interest,” will explore the stories of musicians who created and performed music in the concentration camp during the Holocaust. It will be a moving, surprising and sometimes shocking film — an innovative hybrid of observational documentary, expert interview, archive, highly stylized drama and music. Jonathan Ford, managing director of Abacus Media Rights, stated: “The rescue of these people’s stories and their music from oblivion is largely thanks to the devotion of family, friends and dedicated scholars, many of whom feature in this film.

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