As the storytelling arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Morah Media has produced more than 17 documentaries highlighting epic events and figures from modern Jewish history. Moriah’s films have won numerous awards at national and international film festivals including 2 Academy Awards for Best Documentary.
Moriah’s first film, Genocide, narrated by Elizabeth Taylor and Orson Welles, was the first documentary on the Holocaust to win an Academy Award®
In 1997, The Long Way Home, narrated by Morgan Freeman and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris, won the Academy Award® for Best Feature Documentary.
Moriah films have been narrated by some of the most talented and distinguished names in the entertainment industry, many of them Academy Award®–winners: Elizabeth Taylor, Orson Welles, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Nicole Kidman, Dustin Hoffman, Sir Ben Kingsley, Whoopi Goldberg, Anne Bancroft, Michael York, Sir Patrick Stewart, Kevin Costner, Martin Landau, Miriam Margolyes, Brooke Shields, Christoph Waltz and others. These actors have generously donated their talents to Moriah Films.
Moriah Media is currently working on a project focused on the life and achievements of David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister.
Moriah is also currently exploring a number of narrative film and television projects.
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