Aida’s Secrets
New York Jewish Film Festival 2017
January 11 - 24, 2017
Born inside the a displaced persons camp in 1945 and sent for adoption in Israel, 70-year-old Izak never knew of his brother, Shep, or his mother, Aida, until an emotionally wrought search leads him to find them both in Canada, unbeknownst to one another, in this thought-provoking story about resilience, compassion and what makes us who we are.
A web of family secrets begins to unravel in this gripping documentary from Alon and Shaul Schwarz following a family fractured by war. Born inside a displaced persons camp in 1945 and sent for adoption in Israel, Izak learns at a late age the details of his birth mother, an unknown brother in Canada, and his father’s true identity. This emotional, thought-provoking film about the plight of displaced people and war refugees is a work of resilience and compassion.
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