Carol Sutton, actress who has starred on HBOs Lovecraft County and OWNs Queen Sugar" and appeared in such films as "Monster's Ball," "Ray" and "The Help," died of complications of COVID-19 on Dec. 10. The film documents a family's struggle to understand and come to terms with multiple cases of child abuse, culminating in three criminal prosecutions. I was also asking the people I care about most to do the same. They could be real moments or connections from the present that hinted at a positive outcome. 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But Neulinger says that his eldest uncle, Howard Nevison, was the most brutal of his abusers and Neulingers father alleges that Howard also molested him and Lawrence when they were children, beginning the cycle. There may not appear to be anything unusual about capturing celebrations and family gatherings on videotape, yet Henrys compulsion was fueled by a primal need to hold his siblings at arms length, framing them in a way that fit the Rockwellian image of American normalcy. Looking to revisit his personal history, Neulinger learned his father had amassed 200 hours of footage of family gatherings and of Neulinger growing up. What he documented is ordinary enough at first: Sasha seems to be a bright, inquisitive kid in the earliest footage, and then suddenly the brightness disappears and hes wounded, angry and volatile, yelling into the camera and everyone around him. Cahier of the . On Friday, May 8, Neulingers documentary Rewind will be available to the world through video-on-demand and on Monday, May 11, it will be broadcast to 280 million households through PBS on Independent Lens. The film is a raw and unflinching look at an inter-generational legacy of abuse told through archival footage and interviews with Neulingers parents, sister, legal team and childhood therapist. Robert Stewart. Why did you want to make this film, to tell such a personal and painful journey? John Prine, one of the most influential and revered folk and country songwriters of the last 50 years, died on April 6 at the age of 73 after being infected with the COVID-19 virus. In an effort to silence it for good, he reached out to his father, Henry Nevison, a documentarian, who for years had taped his familys comings and goings on a camcorder. Bachman was 71. When Neulinger launched a Kickstarter for the film in 2014, he went public with his identity as the young plaintiff in the four-year case against Howard Nevison, who had been a celebrated cantor at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan until he was placed on leave in 2003, following his 2002 arrest on charges of molesting his nephew. Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevidiscuss. When I first told my sister that I wanted to make this film, she was angry. I would watch everything twice and sometimes even more. Vulture critic David Edelstein named it one of the "most searching" and best documentaries made about any actor, and it was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. On August 9, 2014, Ward and Stewart met in the most tragic possible way. New Documentary 'The Hit' Latest Misjudged Slide Job in Tony Stewart/Kevin Ward Jr. Saga. Director: Robert Clouse & Sammo Hung Kam-Bo & Bruce Lee OVERALL: Draw He was 61 years old. In the film we see moments in which you have a positive connection to Judaism, such as your bar mitzvah, and when you drew strength from donning your maternal great-grandfathers kippa when facing Howard Nevison in court. Not many years had passed since the legal closure to your ordeal when you began working on this film. You must credit the Forward, retain our pixel and preserve our canonical link in Google search. I dont think that powerful institutions are ever going to stop trying to bury allegations of abuse. He was 80. I didnt want to leave any stone unturned. I just have to give credit to the Montana State Universitys School of Film and Photography. Sasha Joseph Neulingers devastating film tells a story of abuse that spans generations. Grammy-winning country singer K.T. The sinners have much more fun at what cost? I experience God when I am on the top of a mountain, when I am dipping my hands in a creek, or watching a sunset. But the worst abuser gets the least punishment and Sasha, while still a child, pointedly chooses to drop the last name Nevinson, so that he wont share a name with his abusers, and take Neulinger, the name of his loving great-grandfather. His works included "Master Class," "Love! How are you coping during the COVID quarantine era? So now we have a request. Film crew in tow, the couple arrive at their hotel. He was 70. In directing this film, I needed to be able to see myself (both past and present) as a character, but I also didnt want to rob myself of the positives of a subjective experience. Peter Sotis. The Stew Peters Network is proud to present DIED SUDDENLY, from the award winning filmmakers, Matthew Skow and Nicholas Stumphauzer. Fans of the Farrelly brothers may recognize him as the young Jack Black in 2001s Shallow Hal, and its downright excruciating to revisit his big scene in the film, since the would-be laughs are spawned from the absurdity of an adult giving inappropriately sexual advice to his bewildered son. The film was an uncanny portrait of Larrys pain and frustration. (520) 7.6 1 h 24 min 2019 X-Ray 13+. Roy Horn, best known as half of the legendary Siegfried & Roy magic and animal act in Las Vegas, died on May 8 from complications due to coronavirus. Our resiliency is being tested, and now more than ever in the wake of COVID-19, it is important to remember just how much human beings are capable of overcoming. There is a huge danger that I see in blindly following religious leaders, some of whom are human beings who crave power and use religious institutions to use that power. Rewind is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Sasha Neulinger. As the film came together we realized we needed to build in breaks for the viewer so that we could be as pointed as we wanted to be, while also allowing time for viewer recovery. The film also features Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero's news conferences. A child who was sweet, beautiful, innocent and didnt choose any of what happened to him, Neulinger said, and it was the first time that I could truly see that for myself and it was a gateway into learning how to truly love my inner child and ultimately love myself., PJ Grisar is the Forwards culture fellow. What really happened that day and who is to blame? At festival screenings audience members often ask if we have heard anything from Temple Emanu-El following the making of the film. See why. The 31-year-old American actress, best known for her starring role in The Twilight Saga, is playing the iconic British royal.Since her Bella Swan days, Stewart, while very much still in the public . December 8, 2022 by Alex C. Huhn. That was a very scary moment for me, Neulinger said of revealing his name on Kickstarter, but what happened was I received over 6,000 personal messages from survivors from around the world.. Survivors of the Holocaust now have the chance to preserve their stories in a way that allows them to directly answer future generations' questions about their experiences. The family of Toronto filmmaker Rob Stewart says his body was "found peacefully in the ocean" Friday after he disappeared Tuesday while diving in the Florida Keys. Jim Joyce was the professor that challenged me and inspired me the most. Andrew Jack, a dialect coach who most recently was hired to work with Robert Pattinson on the new Batman movie, died March 31 of complications from coronavirus, TMZ reports. Deep and meaningful conversation requireshonesty, patience, and humility. His abusers were family his uncle Lawrence Nevison and Lawrences son, Stewart, who also abused his Neulingers sister, Bekah. Already a member? The drawings that Sasha creates to portray the abuse he suffered are visions of hell as arresting as any illustrated by Hieronymus Bosch. TOMATOMETER Average 8.5; Reviews 45; Fresh 45; Information Studio FilmRise Genre Documentary Released 2020 Run Time 1 hr 26 min . He sifted through over 200 hours of home videos shot from his earliest days to the moment he moved out for college, examining the footage to illuminate the story buried within seemingly inconsequential interactions. To admit those failings is a sensitive issue, particularly when it overlaps with a matter of faith. The centers were a resource Neulinger didnt have as a child growing up in Montgomery County, PA. As an eight year old I was asked to retell all of the stories of all of the abuse I experienced dozens of times before I even saw a courtroom. As a kid, I felt those hints were clear. He was 83. He told The Times of Israel in a recent interview that combining the home movie footage with present-day interviews of his parents, and the psychiatric and law enforcement professionals who assisted him and his sister (who was also abused), helped him address old wounds. He has no qualms with accepting donations from his fellow worshippers, which will aid in paying his legal fees to an attorney who has unlimited sources of funds, enough for Howard to evade justice while the brother he abused rots behind bars. Although her cause of death was not immediately known, a friend told the Associated Press that she had been diagnosed with COVID-19. The harrowing and courageous documentary, Rewind, marks the directorial debut of Henrys first child, Sasha Joseph Neulinger, who took the name of his maternal great-grandfather as a way of severing any lingering connection to his abusers. We wanted to be pointed, but we also had to be mindful of what the audience could bear. Rick May, a voice actor best known to gamers as the husky-throated Soldier in Team Fortress 2, died in Swedish nursing home on April 13 after contracting COVID-19. But unlike my father, my uncles, and my cousins, I am also the beneficiary of the support of a loving mother, a fearless detective, a determined prosecutor, and an esteemed child psychologist. He became the fifth person to die from COVID-19 complications at the facility. With regard to my mom, I tried to hint to her many many times that something was wrong. Here's how it happened, ranked. I had to disclose all the different times I was abused by all three abusers dozens of times to over a dozen people before I even got to my first courtroom. Larry Nevison was convicted in 1990 and served 14 years in prison. The floor of Stewart's plane was hit, blowing a hole right below his feet, Matzen explained. A documentary like this one has the effect of a moral thriller. While the film is very deliberate in focussing on Stewart's career in Formula 1, virtually all of his life after racing is entirely overlooked. If there was a part of our past that we couldnt touch without feeling traumatized, then we were still victim to that trauma. The Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins collaborator was 84 years old. Review Result and then Save the Video. I tried to be much more intentionally objective for the second or third watch. Description Digging through the collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations. Apply Rewind Effect to the Video. Harold Budd, ambient musician and composer for several Hollywood films, died from complications of the coronavirus, his manager said Dec. 8. For Neulinger, Temple Emanu-El which did not return multiple requests for comment was one of many institutions that fail to recognize the potential for human flaws within their hierarchy. In that regard, the system inadvertently protects the abusers, because there arent that many children who can withstand that repetitive interviewing. It turned out he had three boxes of tapes with more than 200 hours of footage. Will history repeat after PM gets McCarthy invite to DC? But those are all minor gripes. From there the revelations come quietly, and they dont stop. For every question that was answered in the tapes I had 10 new questions for the people involved in my life, Neulinger said. Because we know something is wrong early in the film, were naturally suspicious of every new person whos introduced via home videos: Uncle Larry, whos Sashas godfather and has a naturally sleazy look about him; Uncle Howard, a budding opera star with a beautiful voice and a sinister presence; Cousin Stewart, Larrys son, with an air of menace that seemingly clings to him; and even Sashas father, Henry, whos always hiding behind the camera and who became the prime suspect when the family first notified the authorities that Sasha had been abused. What isnt mentioned here is the fact that Neulinger had a brief career as a child actor. Be more independent. He was all too aware of the horrifying dysfunction deeply embedded within his brothers, Howard and Larry, having been a victim of it himself. Mr. Stewart received the American Film Institute's eighth life-achievement award in 1980, a Kennedy Center Honor in 1983 for lifetime contributions to the performing arts, a special 1984 Academy Award for ''50 years of meaningful performances, for his high ideals, both on and off the screen,'' a 1985 Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the . "Count Me In," a fun music doc about rock drumming, is a must-see for all drummers, but you don't need to know about drumming to enjoy it. Israel at 75: Hear from descendants of Declaration of Independences 37 signatories, Where did we exceed our wildest dreams and where did we fall short? Monk heads to a bar, still armored in his regal half-hearted cheerfulness but on the brink of his alternate register, a discreetly exasperated . About once a month we have a big phone call to catch up, and it usually leaves me with sore abs from a full hour of nearly continuous laughter. Renee Ghert-Zand is a reporter and feature writer for The Times of Israel. My dad visited Lauren and I over the winter while we were building our house, and for two weeks, he and I did all of the tile work together. I often wonder why Temple Emanu-El chose to support Howard. Ironically, the hexagon floor tiles we set in the master shower were called REWIND tile. Registering also lets you comment on articles and helps us improve your experience. "There are no words," says a. Charley Pride, one of the first Black performers to break through in the country music scene, died of complications from COVID-19 on Dec. 12, just weeks after his final performance at the CMA Awards show back in November. . I got to spend some quality time with her in February at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, and it was fantastic. To commemorate the occasion, CNN is rolling out the new. "This is the most documented family in the world," Henry Nevison, director Sasha Joseph Neulinger's father proudly says, while filming the loved ones that surround him in the documentary "Rewind."According to Jacqui Neulinger, Sasha's mother, her husband was prone to disappear behind the lens at rowdy household get-togethers.After all, a celebration was the perfect time to pull out . The centers use a multidisciplinary approach aimed at reducing secondary trauma. My parents were incredibly supportive. She was 89. He was 82. A Canadian journalist and filmmaker has produced a new documentary about Rob Stewart's tragic death in 2017. A very candid autobiographical film, years in the making, Rewind premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival where it received a special jury mention. Not thinking about what you are going to say next while the other person is talking, but truly LISTENING. It's like you can pretend everything's not quite the way it is.Joshua Leonard in The Blair Witch Project. I work in the mental health field so I want to give him the benefit of the doubt that he really may not know things about the nature of this kind of sexualized abuse, or how cycles of abuse work etc. Oftentimes victims believe they were abused because they are dirty, disgusting and unloveable and did something to deserve the abuse. And tricky. As a first-time filmmaker, were there any other films, documentary or narrative, or other works (books, art) that influenced you or were in the back of mind as you put Rewind together? Thats why we started the Times of Israel eleven years ago - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world. Both Randy Bachman and Fred Turner survive. Sometime before, he took something else from his Zeyde the last name Neulinger. As soon as his son Sasha was born, Henry Nevison often found himself with a camera in hand. As his thesis in film school, my Dad made a strange and amazing documentary about his brother Larry. Click the link in that email to complete your registration. The guilty plea was part of a plea deal and he admitted no wrongdoing. In addition, "The Hit" contains two recorded depositions in which Stewart describes in his own words what happened that night. When Neulinger faced Howard, he believes he wasnt just confronting his abuser, but the powerful organization that maintained his innocence and some of whose members raised money for his defense. It's "an intentional, unflinching, and emotionally resonant dissection. But then again, Rewind is no ordinary first film. The Child Sexual-Abuse Survivor Who Fought Back, Hadassahs 100th Anniversary and Its Link to the Titanic Recalled at Temple Emanu-El, Yiddish album reaches #1 in European music charts. In many ways, Rewind is a therapeutic masterwork on par with Bing Lius Minding the Gap, both of which affirm how the essence of cinema is the act of seeing ourselves reflected in one anothers stories, as demonstrated by how Henrys memory of focusing on bathroom tiles while being abused mirrors his daughters recollection of losing herself in the picture of a cat, thereby shielding her mind from the transgression felt by her body. the glass house philip johnson Ultimately, we learn that Sasha was abused between ages three and seven by his father Henrys two older brothers, Howard and Larry, and by Larrys son Stewart. Consider the moment when Larrys son, Stewart, rubs the head of a visibly uncomfortable Sasha at the crowded family dinner table, while comedically shrugging at the camera. Eddie Large, one-half of the comedy duo Little and Large, died April 2 after contracting coronavirus while hospitalized for heart failure. Youre unlovable.. But in this time of pandemic, when were told that reports of domestic abuse have fallen dramatically, probably because the victims cant get away from their abusers, it is hard to find much satisfaction in stories like these, however bravely and sensitively theyre told. Charles Gregory, an Emmy-nominated hairstylist who frequently collaborated with Tyler Perry on his films and TV shows, died of complications from COVID-19 on April 8. Stewart's character is an elderly, bumbling dog and Wild West sheriff whose name is a goofy parody of that of real-life lawman, Wyatt Earp. Or when Sasha grabs the camera, welcoming the viewer to his show entitled, The Shit Diaries. He proceeds to turn the lens on his sister Bekah, whose unamused expression speaks volumes. For me. She was 74. You could say that justice is done to a small degree in Rewind, at least to the point where Sasha gets past the self-loathing, fear and anger that consumed him during the years of abuse. Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site. So I was very deliberate. Patricia Bosworth, a stage and screen actress turned journalist who penned celebrity biographies, died April 2 from complications of the coronavirus. Steve Pond's inside look at the artistry and insanity of the awards race, drawn from more than three decades of obsessively chronicling the Oscars and the entertainment industry. Fatal Attraction Works As Entertainment, Fails as Social Commentary, Prime Videos Citadel Traps Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden in Played-Out Spy Game, New York Philharmonic and Steven Spielberg Celebrate the Music of John Williams, A Piece of His Fire: Harry Belafonte (1927-2023). He shows a doppelgnger of himself urinating blood into a pool of flames occupied by a Howard-esque devil, while a girl resembling his sister lies impaled with spikes. A DOCUMENTARY SURVEY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION JOHN HALL STEWART, Ph.D. Tom Dempsey, New Orleans Saints legendary kicker who was born without toes on his right foot and wore a flat shoe that he kicked with, died on April 4 from complications of COVID-19. Before he turned 18, Ward already had 250 wins and 6 championships in go-carts and had been named the 360-sprint car rookie of the year. Edward Stewart Mainwaring (23 April 1941 - 9 January 2016), known as Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, was an English radio broadcaster and TV presenter. He was hospitalized in Atlanta just days after attending a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was seen without a mask. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with such a supportive, talented, and experienced team. After a long, drawn out litigation, Howard Nevison, who Neulinger said was a particularly violent abuser, pleaded guilty in 2006 to misdemeanor charges and avoided jail time thanks to a dropped felony charge. The Hit: Tony Stewart's fatal collision with Kevin Ward Jr still lingers Eight years on from the young driver's death, a new documentary seeks to answer questions about a deadly night on a. The ability to read a great work of cinema is not all that different from psychoanalysis, since signs of trauma are often conveyed through nonverbal behavior rather than expositional monologues. I can only choose how I show up in the present moment of my life.. For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members. On Friday, shortly after the search for Stewart was suspended, divers found his body on the bottom of the ocean floor. By the time Sasha was 7, he and his younger sister, Bekah, had been subject to years of abuse by multiple family members (not including Henry), with a history of abuse coursing through the family and leaving only more questions about how far back it went.
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