The Pageant (2020)

Overview : Every year since 2011, a unique beauty contest has been taking place in Haifa. The contestants are female survivors of the Holocaust. In the midst of this flashy spectacle, their personal traumas remain as deep as ever. There are many things about this contest that are controversial: it is organized by the right Zionist organization, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, and the dubious contest itself rises the public indignation of various speakers, including other survivors.

Release Date : April 25, 2020

Runtime : 82m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Kamara, Survivance, Spiro Films, Weltfilm

Countries : France, Germany, Israel, Turkey

Keywords : holocaust (shoah), beauty contest, beauty queen contest, holocaust (shoah) survivor, painful memories, old woman, war memories