J’Accuse: A Cry for Justice from the Killing Pits of Lithuania
Vivien is an Executive Producer of the 2021 multi-award-winning documentary J’Accuse—A Cry for Justice from the Killing Pits of Lithuania. The film examines the Lithuanian government’s role in protecting individuals who perpetrated crimes against Jews during the Holocaust.
The Lithuanian Jewish community was decimated in the Holocaust: over 220,000 Jews, more than 95% of the population, were murdered. A key player in the massacre was Lithuanian nationalist Jonas Noreika, who is today revered as a national hero and protected by the contemporary government's official policy and infamous Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Centre. In this galvanizing documentary, follow the experiences of two dissident campaigners: Grant Gochin, whose family was murdered by Noreika, and Silvia Foti, a brave Lithuanian woman fighting for the truth... and whose grandfather was Jonas Noreika. Together, the two push against Lithuania's systemic Holocaust denial in an attempt to bring justice to victims and the truth to account.