As Seen Through These Eyes

As Maya Angelou narrates this powerful award-winning documentary, she reveals the story of a brave group of people who fought Hitler with the only weapons they had: charcoal, pencil stubs, shreds of paper and memories etched in their minds.

FREE film thanks to the generosity of the Jewish Federation of Tulsa Council for Holocaust Education and Circle Cinema.

The film includes a post-film discussion with the film’s director Hilary Helstein and producer Amy Janes.

Hilary Helstein began her work in the humanitarian field with Steven Spielberg’s USC Shoah Foundation, where she directed and produced more than 250 interviews with survivors, liberators and rescuers, including Nobel Prize winners and key members in the Varian Fry rescue mission.  Her commitment to teaching history initiated the 10+ year journey in creating the documentary, “As Seen Through These Eyes”, narrated by the legendary poet, Maya Angelou, co-produced by the Sundance Channel, collecting testimonies from Holocaust artist-survivors, including the icon, Simon Wiesenthal, about art used as resistance, documentation and for healing.

Amy Janes is an Emmy-winning documentary series editor and an award-winning feature documentary producer. She is the co-owner of Oklahoma’s first working film and TV sound stage, Green Pastures Studio, and is the Executive Producer at the LA-based agency Fanology. Her love for documentary filmmaking goes back to the beginning of her career, where she edited films for PBS. Whether producing award-winning campaigns or leading one of the country’s most dynamic film festivals, Amy remains deeply committed to creativity, community, and the transformative power of film.

Film in conjunction with the Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration Event on Thursday, November 6. Learn more about the event HERE.