About Distant Trains
Distant Trains is Zev Robinson’s ongoing art and documentary project looking into his family lore and sagas.
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A Small House in Kfar Saba: Savta Sarah
Over six months of work, but it’s finally done, and on to another video. Eight minutes, best seen full screen on YouTube. I’ve made five high resolution posters available from my gumroad page – https://zevrobinson.gumroad.com/, free, but optional donations … Continue reading
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My Savta Sarah
Distant Trains: A Small House in Kfar Saba, Savta Sarah A tribute to my Savta (Grandmother) Sarah, with my cousin Ayelet, with whom I had little direct contact but about whom I heard a lot of stories. I’m using … Continue reading
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A Small House in Kfar Saba
A Small House in Kfar Saba, Introduction I started working on the Distant Train project at the end of 2022 as a way of looking into the mysteries of my father’s family. Then, with the Hamas attack on October 7, … Continue reading
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The Legend of My Uncle Arthur
The 28 minute video of The Legend of My Uncle Arthur is now complete and up on Vimeo. Still a few tweaks to do, maybe a bit more artwork and animations, but the narrative is done. I’ll now be looking … Continue reading
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The Legend of My Uncle Arthur
Trailer for The Legend of My Uncle Arthur, which is part of Distant Trains, a series of documentaries unraveling the history and mysteries of my family. The intro video giving an outline to my paternal family’s story can be seen … Continue reading
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Distant Trains – Intro
Distant Trains – Introduction from Zev Robinson. Around the end of 2021 or the beginning of 2022, I suddenly found myself watching documentaries and fiction films about the Holocaust, one after another, for reasons that I’m couldn’t fathom. Then, I … Continue reading
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