- SNAFU
5 STARS – Winnipeg Free Press
“Exceptional” – CBC
Based on Eleanor Ramrath Garner’s acclaimed memoir, this 16X award-winning adaptation —- performed by her granddaughter, Ingrid Garner — details Eleanor’s youth as an American caught in Second World War Berlin.
During the Great Depression, 9-year-old Eleanor’s family moves from the US to Germany in pursuit of work. But when war breaks out as they are crossing the Atlantic, return to America becomes impossible. While desperate for Allied victory, the family faces bombings, Gestapo threats, the final battle for Berlin and the perils of Russian occupation.
Punctuated with humour and accompanied by cinematic sound and video, Garner embodies her ancestors in this coming-of-age odyssey, delivering an account of war more relevant than ever.