(PDF) (DOC) (JPG)October 24, 2014

(MAHWAH, NJ) – Filmmaker Peter Logue screened and led a discussion of his film, The Search for the White Rose, at Ramapo College of New Jersey on October 23, 2014. The College’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Communication Arts’ Cinematheque Series co-sponsored the event that was attended by more than155 students, community members and faculty members. Afterwards, Logue participated in two classes on documentary production and film studies.

His film focuses on a small group of German students who formed a clandestine resistance group and movement against the Nazis in 1942 at the height of World War II. The group was later known as “The White Rose.” The movement included students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor. It later included students from Hamburg, Freiburg, Berlin and Vienna. At great risk, “White Rose” members transported and mailed leaflets that denounced the regime.

The film explores the legacy of this movement on the current generation of German students. The film asks viewers to consider the actions of the students and asks, “What would I have done?”

Peter Logue made The Search for the White Rose while stilla student at the University of Connecticut. He earned his B.A. in 2013. Since then, Logue founded Quietside Productions. The company is planning to make a documentary on the role of street art in the cultural revitalization of East London over the past decade.

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