This poignant documentary chronicles the contemporary 3000-mile motorcycle journey of eleven Israelis from Tel Aviv to Berlin. It mirrors the original 1930 motorcycle adventure of Jews navigating through a Europe that is being taken over by rising anti-Semitism and Nazi expansion. With each stop along the route, stories are told from different survivors or family members of survivors. Connections are made from the present to the past with sadness and history and hope. The parallel nature of the original historic journey intercut with the contemporary one is a chilling reminder of what many Jews endured yet the film seems to make a hopeful case for a more tolerant world moving forward.
Review of Back to Berlin
