''Rewind'' is a 2019 American

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed by

Sasha Neulinger Sasha Joseph Neulinger (born 1989) is an American actor and director born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Filmography *'' Camp Hell'' as Jimmy *'' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Charlie Monaghan (1 episode, 2005) *''When Zachary Beaver Ca ...

. The film documents a family's struggle to understand and come to terms with multiple cases of

child abuse Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to a ...

, culminating in three criminal prosecutions. The film makes extensive use of the family's camcorder footage recorded before, during, and after the period in which the abuse occurred. The film includes coverage of the high-profile prosecution of Howard Nevison, a former cantor at the Jewish congregation of Temple Emanu-El in New York. The film was part-funded via crowdfunding website

Kickstarter Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...

. The funding campaign commenced on 30 March 2014, and was marketed as "Rewind To Fast-Forward" and raised just over US$175,000.

Accolades

Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by TriBeCa Productions, Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive progra ...

– Special Jury Mention * Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – Documentary Jury Prize

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* * 2019 films 2019 documentary films American documentary films Documentary films about pedophilia 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{US-documentary-film-stub