Three Minutes – A Lengthening

Three Minutes - A Lengthening shows an amateur film shot by David Kurtz in 1938 about the Jewish inhabitants of a small town in Poland and tries to postpone its end. As long as we watch, history is not over. The images, mainly in colour, last only a few minutes. These are the only known moving images of the Jewish residents of Nasielsk before the Holocaust. What stories are hidden in the celluloid? The found footage has been imaginatively edited to create a film that lasts more than an hour. Different voices amplify the images. Writer Glenn Kurtz, grandson of David Kurtz, shares his impressive knowledge of the material. Maurice Chandler, who appears in the film as a boy, reminisces. Actress Helena Bonham Carter narrates the film essay.