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Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
I had the honor to watch an incredible documentary by Oren Rudavsky this week at the Museum of Tolerance screening. I look forward to an interview with the director and would love to share my thoughts on this movie. April 29, 2025
By Bessy ADUT
The film is about Elie Wiesel who was a powerful voice for human rights with his passions, fights, and enduring influence. Through his personal family archives, we have a chance to observe him as a good family man, teacher, writer, academician, journalist and most importantly as a very good person.
The movie opens with a beautiful animation sequence. Then we learn about Elie Wiesel’s life, the man who changed the way the Holocaust was written about. He was a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a teenager. The Romanian-born Wiesel became an international spokesperson and renowned author, eloquently transforming his trauma into literature of the highest and most profound order. I have heard and seen that the book mentioned was part of education in the United States. The scene where we saw students discussing his book and what they understood from it was very intellectual and impressive. He left a legacy for humankind, not only for Jewish people but for all.
Director Oren Rudavsky had a beautiful storytelling style where he took the audience from the saddest moments to little joyful laughter, such as the moment of “Are these latkes?” You will need to see it to get that little smile while watching a lot of sorrows.
The scenes with the talks to Reagan who was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989, were very interesting and thought-provoking. We witnessed Elie Wiesel being honored with many well-deserved awards such as the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Congressional Gold Medal, the National Humanities Medal, the Medal of Liberty, the Lifetime Literary Achievement award, and many more with his Soul on Fire!
In remembrance of the Holocaust and all the terrible things happened then is very painful to watch, however seeing Elie’s beautiful family, his children looking up to him through the whole movie, his loving wife, his students makes it worthwhile to be a survivor and go on being a human rights activist and enlightening people.
If I didn’t watch this movie, I wouldn’t have known much about Elie Wiesel. It had a very powerful narrative, I was happy to learn so much as I was watching it. It took us through different times like a tunnel of time. Aside from the story, I should praise the very nice storytelling techniques, cinematography, editing, and the music score, along with very original animation; all was in place. Everything felt very organic and natural.
You may watch the trailer of this documentary via the link below:
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