Talk about a coincidence. Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie is behind a production company, the newly launched Play/Action Pictures. With the firestorm around the team’s wide receiver DeSean Jackson and his “appalling,” anti-Semitic comments the news of Lurie’s first documentary project topic is prescient.
The title for the completed documentary, which was announced Thursday, is The Meaning Of Hitler.
“We couldn’t be prouder that The Meaning of Hitler is the first completed film made by our new documentary production company, Play/Action Pictures,” Lurie said. “I envisioned Play/Action to be a leading creative force for films that engage with the most crucial and challenging issues of our time. The rise of white supremacy and neo-fascism in the United States and the world over are among the most important and serious threats we face today.”
The Meaning of Hitler uses the title of the bestselling book from 1978 to put a provocative spotlight on our culture’s fascination with Hitler and Nazism as it sets itself against the backdrop of the current rise of white supremacy, the normalization of antisemitism and the weaponization of history itself. Filmed in nine countries over three years, the film traces Hitler’s movements, his rise to power and the scenes of his crimes.