Confession in search of my Family

Is there a genetic inclination that challenges injustice and champions the human right to dignity? If there is, it has bound, and scarred, one family through the major political upheavals of the 20th Century. Crossing time and continents, this emotionally explorative film charts the fascinating history of Hilda Bernstein’s family - husband Ruty, her father, her children - it repeats its cycle of resistance through the Bolshevik Revolution, World War II and Apartheid. Through letters and interviews, it recalls the dilemmas faced by many when engaged by political events; a dilemma that attempts to resolve the moral imperative of revolutionary change without sacrificing the emotional needs of their family. Journeying from Russia to South Africa, via England, this intimate exploration draws on the migrations and conflict of the 20th Century, to reconcile the personal wounds left by the all-consuming need to fight for a dream.