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Media: Anne Frank Mediations

Anne Frank has been the subject of numerous films, both cinematic versions of theatrical performances and documentaries. These films have been remediated on video and dvd.

Here is a collection of images, including the packaging of videos and music, oscar ceremonies, exhibitions, memorials, and more:
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/bkg/pew/Unit_Image_Pages/Anne_Frank

Film, Video and Music:

From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

http://www1.ushmm.org/research/library/bibliography/afrank/right.htm#art

Anne Frank in Maine
[videorecording]. New York: Anti-defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1981. (Video Collection)
A documentary that follows a junior high class as they learn about the Holocaust and stage a performance of the Diary of Anne Frank. Includes comments from the townspeople, students, and parents about the Holocaust study program and its effect on the children involved.

Anne Frank Remembered [videorecording]. Culver City, Calif.: Columbia Tri-Star Home Video, 1995. (Video Collection)
Utilizes archival photographs, documents, and a home movie to present the life of Anne Frank.

Anne Frank: The Missing Chapter [videorecording]. Chicago: Home Vision Select, 1999. (Video Collection)
Describes Melissa Müller's research in preparation for writing her 1998 biography of Anne Frank. Focuses particularly on the five additional, crucial pages of Anne's diary that had never been published.

Cohen, Michael. I Am Anne Frank [sound recording]. New York: Anne Frank Center USA, 1996. (Compact Disk)
Musical selections based on the original theatrical production of Yours, Anne and Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. Performed by Andrea Marcovicci, Stephen Bogardus, and members of the American Symphony Orchestra.

Dear Kitty [videorecording]. Amsterdam: Anne Frank Stichting, 1987. (Video Collection)
Provides a brief overview of the life of Anne Frank, as well as a discussion of the Holocaust, Fascism, anti-Semitism, and racism in the past and present.

Diary of Anne Frank [videorecording]. Beverly Hills: FoxVideo, 1995. (Video Collection)
The 1959 motion picture adaptation of the 1955 Broadway play. Includes the original theatrical trailer.

Just a Diary [videorecording]. Amsterdam: Anne Frank Stichting, 1984. (Video Collection)
Chronicles the story of Anne Frank through the eyes of a 17-year-old Dutch girl who played the part of Anne in a stage performance. Includes scenes from the stage performance, as well as historical film material and still photographs concerning the Frank family, the rise of Hitler, and the Holocaust. Parts in Dutch with English subtitles.

The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank [videorecording]. Teaneck, N.J.: Ergo Media, 1994. (Video Collection)
Documents the final months of Anne Frank's life. Based on the eyewitness testimony of six Jewish female survivors who describe Anne's ordeals as she was transported to Westerbork, Auschwitz, and finally, Bergen-Belsen. Also available as a book.

The Life of Anne Frank [videorecording]. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1988. (Video Collection)
A 25-minute documentary that sets Anne Frank's life in historical context, examining the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, Fascism, and racism.

The Short Life of Anne Frank [videorecording]. Amsterdam: Anne Frank Stichting, 2002. (Video Collection)
A 28-minute film that tells the story of Anne Frank's life using quotations from her diary, photographs from the Frank family album, and historical film extracts, including the only film footage of Anne Frank. Covers Anne's life, her diary, her family, and the Secret Annex, and sets it all in historical context by also addressing World War II and the Nazi persecution of the Jews.

The World of Anne Frank [videorecording]. Teaneck, N.J.: Ergo Media, 1987. (Video Collection)
A 28-minute docudrama about Anne Frank's life.Includes interviews with Otto Frank and severalindividuals who assisted the Frank family while they were in hiding.




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