The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Movies We Can Learn From)
Channel: ThinkTech Hawaii
Date: 2022-11-17

Fascism Impacting Societal Minority Groups.  The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and George Casen.  

An Italian Jewish family is living on their urban estate that adjoins the rural part of their city. They have been totally integrated into the economic and social fabric of their city, Ferrara. As the movement of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini progresses, their young adults are restricted from participating in various normal activities. Barred from participating in tennis games, they invite their friends to play on the tennis court within their property. Scenes progress between these young adults, their friends and family members. The freedoms they were once accustomed to are gradually taken away from this family and other Jewish families. Their young son, Alberto, dies from a fever. The movie ends with every member of the family taken away by the authorities to be sent to concentration camps. The discussion focuses on how prominent members of a society can be made non-persons and lose their existence overnight in a Fascist administration.

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