Paper Clips (2004)

As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the Whitwell, TN Middle School try to collect 6 million paper clips representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis.

Directors:

Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab

Writer:

Joe Fab

Stars:

Sandra Roberts, Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand, Tom Bosley

11 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tom Bosley	...	Himself
Casey Condra	...	Himself
Cassie Crabtree	...	Herself
Rachel Gleitman	...	Herself
Mary Jane Higdon	...	Herself
Linda Hooper	...	Herself
Bernard Igielski	...	Himself
George Jacobs	...	Himself
Sheila Levine	...	Herself
Sandra Roberts	...	Herself
Peter Schroeder	...	Himself
Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand	...	Herself
Drew Shadrick	...	Himself
Samuel Sitko	...	Himself
David Smith	...	Himself

Storyline

Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee is the setting for this documentary about an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education. Struggling to grasp the concept of six-million Holocaust victims, the students decide to collect six-million paper clips to better understand the extent of this crime against humanity. The film details how the students met Holocaust survivors from around the world and how the experience transformed them and their community.

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Plot Keywords:

holocaust | student | paper clip | nazi | jew | 

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Taglines:

It began as a lesson about prejudice... What happened next was a miracle

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Genres:

Documentary | War

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

4 August 2006 (UK)

Also Known As:

HBO Family: Paper Clips

Filming Locations:

Whitwell, Tennessee, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$18,662 (USA) (27 May 2005)

Gross:

$1,095,118 (USA) (27 May 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ergo Entertainment, The Johnson Group

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Samuel Sitko: Future generations will have to learn about the Holocaust from the textbooks. We are the eyewitnesses that can, to a certain degree, tell you what took place.

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Connections

References Uprising (2001)

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Soundtracks

Jubilee
Music: Traditional
Written by Charlie Barnett and Joe Fab
Performed by Alison Krauss, accompanied by Cheryl White and Andrea Zonn
Courtesy of MMB Music (BMI)

User Reviews

A must-see film

I saw this film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in early 2004, and am thrilled that it is finally being released. It moved me to tears with its touching realities, and i tell everyone i know to see it as soon as possible. It is informative, inspiring, and breath-taking...and, for you Hollywood types, it has a "happy ending". I seldom want to travel anymore, but were the wanderlust bug to bite me again, i think that i would head to that little own in Tennessee, to witness this miracle first-hand. Go see this film. Don't think about going or analyze whether it is for Jews-only. Just go...and be a better person for the experience.