Screening of No Goodbyes, followed by Q&A with filmmaker Billy Clift and Yom Hashoa memorial service

 

A young jewish gay man, Otto, is protected by a KAPO and an SS guard who unexpectedly ends up saving his life.  Based on true stories.  The role of Otto as an older man is played by David Lenga, an actual holocaust survivor. Billy Clift, Emmy nominated for his documentary, A long road to freedom- the Advocate celebrates 50 years was filmed in the middle of the pandemic in his office, bulding the set, and furniture, determined to tell this story.   While filming a documentary in Poland, he was surprised how little information on the gay men who had been in the camps was available in the different museum’s, knowing that most of the few who did survive the camps were then taken to another prison and kept there till the 1970s. Mel England, Johan gran, Luc Clopton, David Lenga, Antoine Perry. Directed by Billy Clift.  Produced by David Millbern, Billy Clift and HERE TV.