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The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
At its most powerful, the film movingly illustrates the myriad ways in which the past haunts the present and the healing power of communication.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
Some testimony here may rankle certain viewers, despite — or because of — Bloch’s attempt at evenhandedness. No matter, it’s a timely and essential portrait.
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The New York Times by Ken Jaworowski
The resulting emotions are complex, and Bloch, here directing her first feature, can be excused for allowing a few of the scenes to stray. But by the end of the documentary, she and many of her subjects posit that it’s possible to learn from history and to change, and to trust each other a little more.
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RogerEbert.com by Monica Castillo
While Bloch's emotions and thoughts about the Holocaust and the Israeli occupation are deeply felt, the documentary’s finer points are a little less clear.
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Ofra Bloch is a psychotherapist, specializing in trauma, who always wanted to be a filmmaker. But it’s her actual profession, not her preferred one, that makes her documentary Afterward a valuable document.