Marika Henriques is a survivor of the Holocaust, the creator of extraordinary art and a Jungian therapist.

In this 60 minute documentary, now in her 80s, she tells her story for the first time.

Chaos Dragon and the Light

The documentary’s central themes, of war, migration and the refugee experience, are powerfully resonant today.

 

As a young girl, Marika was hidden from the Nazis in a Budapest cellar.

Separated from her own family and unsure of their safety or whereabouts, she had to pretend to be someone else’s child to stay alive.

Marika’s drawings chart a powerful psychic and emotional journey, from the re-discovery of a mute and terrified child, through the loss of her identity, to the horror of the holocaust and her perilous escape from communism.

Gradually, over several decades, Marika worked her way to a place of transformation and healing.

Marika tells her unforgettable story with precision and emotion. Her interview is intercut with images of her father’s extraordinary illustrated diaries, archive footage and Marika’s mesmerizing drawings and tapestries

This film explores the importance of identity and who we become when our identity is stolen.

And how creativity can help us process inner trauma.

Screening Dates:

Festival 1 17 October 2023

Guild of Psych…. 14 January 2024

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