Home Video Releases for July 7

A limited release movie comes to home video shelves this week. Woman in Gold tells the story of Maria Altmann who was forced to leave her family and her Austrian homeland during WWII. As an adult she hires a lawyer to help her retrieve her family’s possessions that were confiscated by the Nazis—including a famous painting of her aunt.

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Kerry Bennett

Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for over 15 years. As a parent herself, she believes parents play a powerful role in teaching media literacy in their homes.

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Woman in Gold

A Jewish refugee and her lawyer petition the Austrian Government to have Nazi stolen art returned to its rightful owner.