“Numbered” Film and Post Film Discussion with the filmmakers Dana Doron and Hilla Medalia in conversation with Avi Ben Hur

Classrooms Without Borders, in partnership with Rodef Shalom Congregation and Liberation75, is excited to offer the opportunity to watch the film “Numbered” and engage in a post-film discussion with the filmmakers Dana Doron and Hilla Medalia in conversation with Avi Ben Hur.
Auschwitz prisoners, both Jewish or non-Jewish, were tattooed with serial numbers, first on their chests and then their left arms. An estimated 400,000 numbers were tattooed in Auschwitz and its sub-camps; only some several thousand survivors are still alive today. NUMBERED is an explosive, highly visual, and emotionally cinematic journey, guided by testimonies and portraits of these survivors. The film documents the dark time and setting during which these tattoos were assigned as well as the meaning they took on in the years following the war. In fact, the film’s protagonist is the number itself, as it evolves and becomes both a personal and collective symbol from 1940 to today. These scars, paradoxically unanimous and anonymous, reveal themselves to be diverse, enlightening, and full of life.

A film by Uriel Sinai and Dana Doron

Awards:

Best Documentary at the Religion Today Film Festival, Italy 2013

Special Jury Mention at the Religion Today Film Festival, Italy 2013

Best Debut Film Award at the Israeli Documentary Forum Awards 2012

The Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival 2012

Go2Films- Numbered- Trailer from Go2Films on Vimeo.

HILLA MEDALIA, Producer/Director

Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and producer has received four Emmy® nominations. Her projects have garnered critical acclaim and screened internationally in theaters and on television including HBO, MTV, BBC and ARTE. Her range of titles include ‘To Die in Jerusalem’ 2007 (HBO), ‘After the Storm’ 2009 (MTV), ‘Numbered’ 2012 (ARTE), ‘Dancing in Jaffa’ 2013 (Tribeca, IFC Sundance selects), ‘Web Junkie’ 2014 (Sundance Film Festival, POV, BBC), ‘The Go Go Boys’ 2014 (Cannes Film Festival), ‘Censored Voices’ 2015, (Sundance Film Festival and Berlinale), ‘Muhi – Generally Temporary’ 2017 (San Francisco FIlm Festival, Hot Docs),‘The Oslo Diaries’ 2018 (Sundance, HBO), Transkids 2019 (a 5 episode series for yesDocu and film), Leftover Women 2019 (Tribeca, ARTE), ’Love & Stuff’ 2020 (HotDocs, DOCNYC). Hilla is a member of the American Academy of Film and Television. Hilla holds an M.A. from Southern Illinois University.

Dr. Dana Gefen Doron, Director
Dana Gefen Doron, MD. Board Certified Consultant in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Head, Spasticity Clinic, Reuth Rehabilitation Center (Tel Aviv’s largest rehabilitation facility). Numbered Documentary (2012) Director.