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Rewind 8.0 2020 Movie

Rewind

Dir. Sasha Joseph Neulinger · United States of America · English

A harrowing account of child abuse and a family's role in sustaining or preventing it

Our take by Emil Hofileña

Mystery, domestic horror, and urgent true crime investigation rolled into one, Rewind sees filmmaker Sasha Joseph Neulinger revisiting his own abuse at the hands of a family member while remembering to let his case amplify into a call to action to protect children everywhere. His personal testimony would have been powerful enough, but he dares to put numerous members of his family in front of the camera, too, who begin to unravel a history of neglect and trauma rotting the core of this family over generations. Innocent home video footage turns sinister and seemingly inconsequential memories become warning signs that every adult should be on the lookout for, no excuses.

What happens

Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations.

What the critics said

Notable Critics

"Heroic and devastating autobiographical documentary..."

— David Ehrlich

"A therapeutic masterwork."

— Matt Fagerholm

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Emil Hofileña

Emil Hofileña

Emil Hofileña is a curator at A Good Movie to Watch. He also writes as a theater critic, with work published in Rogue and Out of Print, among others. He’s probably crying over a movie or an episode as we speak.