Mirrors Introduction
Mirrors is a Ripple film project inspired by the life and work of Holocaust scholar and artist Marc Dennis. The inspiration for the story begins 15 years ago during a visit to Yad Vashem Museum where, at the time, emerging painter Marc Dennis is confronted by a drawing made in the Theresienstadt ghetto by 14 year old Petr Ginz. The drawing, Earth as seen from the moon (1942-1944), shakes Dennis. With the knowledge that being caught with such a drawing would mean immediate death for the young Ginz, Dennis asked himself if he possessed the same passion and commitment to his artwork?
Driven by this image and question, Dennis studies clandestine holocaust works diligently to become the only American scholar to lecture on the subject. His studies, personal journey and identity as an artist and Jew have brought Dennis closer to an answer, but even closer to the survivors who he has befriended and now paints as life-sized, hyper-realistic portraits.
