Truth & Treason Review and Synopsis

Truth & Treason Review and Synopsis

While watching Truth & Treason, you can hardly imagine protesters demonstrating the freedom of dissent in today’s America being treated fairly. So, try to imagine how a group of German Christian students standing up to ideologies in Nazi Germany would be attacked for standing up to oppression. At the time, you just turned your back on atrocities and then claim ignorance. That is what makes the premise of Truth & Treason such a powerful statement…

Weekend Movie Pick: Truth & Treason | LDS365: Resources from the Church & Latter-day Saints worldwide

This week’s movie pick is Truth & Treason, an incredible true story that opens in theaters October 17. (See other “Weekend Movie Picks.”) As World War II rages, a teenage boy in Germany is forced to confront a terrible truth—loyalty to his country now means loyalty to a lie. When his trusted bishop urges obedience to the Nazi regime, he begins to question everything. And after his Jewish friend is taken away, he secretly listens to banned radio …

In ‘Truth & Treason,’ a Teenager Defies Nazi Germany

Director Matt Whitaker’s Truth & Treason arrives in local theaters on the heels of Raoul Peck’s smashing documentary Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5. Two anti-authoritarian films in a row at a time when most of us need a wake-up call. Helmuth Hübener, the 16-year-old protagonist of Whitaker’s historical political drama Truth & Treason, isn’t very big for his age. He and his friends in Hamburg go swimming, horse around with each other and shyly make eye contac…