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Two years ago, Andy Barker suffered serious brain damage after being involved in a violent car accident; now that his memory is finally coming back he isn't sure he likes what he sees. His memories su... read more
Directed by: Mark Jonathan Harris, Mark Harris
Release Date: September 15, 2000
DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001
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December 8, 2010Nearly 1,500,000 children were killed in the holocaust. These are the first hand accounts of a few that survived thanks to an English refugee program known as the Kindertransport. A fascinating but incredibly sad documentary that chronicles yet another segment of Hitler's horri... read more
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May 11, 2007Everyone should watch this documentary. It will touch you greatly and shows you how strong the human spirit is.
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May 11, 2001
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
January 1, 2000
Ernest Hardy, Film.com
It's an incredibly moving film, alternately infuriating and heartbreaking -- often both.
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
At its best, the film gives a human face to stories of unimaginable suffering and unexpected triumph. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Mike Clark, USA Today
What's being said makes for invaluable mandatory listening.
January 1, 2000
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
An extraordinarily fine and understated documentary.
January 1, 2000
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Stories you'll never forget. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Susan Stark, Detroit News
Students of both the dark and bright side of human nature cannot afford to miss it. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Paul Tatara, CNN.com
As recorded history, Into the Arms of Strangers, is indispensable. As a piece of documentary filmmaking, it's no more inventive than scads of talking-head missives that appear on cable TV every evening. Full Review
January 1, 2000
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Into the Arms of Strangers was produced with the help of the Holocaust Museum in Washington; it is a valuable, if necessarily fragmented, part of that institution's attempt to convey the enormity of w... Full Review
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