Nathan-ism

Overview

Nathan Hilu, the son of Syrian Jewish immigrants to New York, received a life-changing assignment from the U.S. Army: to guard the top Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials.

Filmmaker Elan Golod proposes a documentary portrait of the aging artist but what begins as a peek at a unique witness to history grows into an absorbing study of the function of art as archive and invention. Daring to question an artist’s stories, Nathan-ism is a fascinating look at one man’s need to share truths with a world that doesn’t always want to listen.

This must-see documentary for all fine arts lovers made the International Documentary Association Shortlist for Best Documentaries in 2023. 

Co-Presented with Sephardic Heritage International (SHIN-DC) and MJAM.