For over a decade 3 Generations has been a safe harbor for survivors of atrocities to tell their stories—brutal, tragic, inspiring, uplifting—in their own words, words that will be honored and preserved for generations to come.
3 Generations is dedicated to creating social justice films and videos to educate, engage, empower, and entertain. We believe that the stories we tell will bring about change by inspiring adults and young people to make a difference in our society. Our ... Read More
For over a decade 3 Generations has been a safe harbor for survivors of atrocities to tell their stories—brutal, tragic, inspiring, uplifting—in their own words, words that will be honored and preserved for generations to come.
3 Generations is dedicated to creating social justice films and videos to educate, engage, empower, and entertain. We believe that the stories we tell will bring about change by inspiring adults and young people to make a difference in our society. Our documentaries examine global and domestic atrocities: genocide, sex trafficking, Native American justice, refugees, ecocide, veterans, and Criminal Justice. Our award-winning films have been distributed to libraries, schools, and community organizations and have been shown in theaters, on television, and on online streaming platforms.
Our story began in April 1945 when Sidney Bernstein, the father of our founder Jane Wells, was with the Allied Forces when they liberated the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen.
In his role as film advisor to the Ministry of Information, he was responsible for overseeing the film units that documented Nazi atrocities. Back in the UK he was tasked with producing a feature length film, German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, about the camps. In the fall of 1945, however, his Ministry of Information superiors closed down the production; the film was not completed or shown. As an old man, he told Jane Wells that the greatest regret of his life was not completing the film.
Sixty years later and continents away, Jane found herself in Darfur, Sudan at the frontlines of what has been called “the first genocide of the 21st century,” hearing firsthand testimony from survivors about the atrocities they had witnessed. When she returned home, she met Brian Steidle, a former marine and photojournalist who had documented the genocide in Darfur. As Brian’s story unfolded, she realized there were overt parallels between Brian’s experiences and those of her father. Upon Brian’s return to the United States, armed with proof of the genocide in Darfur, the State Department asked that he stopped showing his photographs. Haunted by her father’s regret, Wells decided to help Steidle tell the world about Darfur. By producing the award-winning film, The Devil Came on Horseback, Wells felt she was correcting an ancestral wrong and carrying forward a family legacy. And so 3 Generations was born.
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