PAPER CLIPS

When the students of Tennessee’s Whitwell Middle School began studying the Holocaust as a way to learn about intolerance and diversity, nobody could have predicted the results. In 2001, the Paper Clip Project culminated in a unique memorial that changed the lives of those who created it, as well as touching Holocaust survivors and countless communities.
Because Norwegians invented the paper clip and used it as a symbol of solidarity against the Nazis, students started collecting them to help visualize such vast numbers of victims. As word spread online and in the media, paper clips poured in from around the world, 11 million of which are enshrined in an authentic German railcar standing in the schoolyard.

DIRECTORS
Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab

ACCLAIM
* Grossed over $1 million at US Box Office
* One of the Top Five Documentaries of 2004 - The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
* 2004 Palm Springs International Festival Award for Best Overall Film

PRODUCTION
2004 USA/ 82 min./ Colour/ English/ Documentary