Podcast ‘Choosing Hope Daily’

After Martha was cast in the play And Then They Came For Me, first as a member of the ‘Hitler Youth’ and then in the lead role of ‘Young Eva’, Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss – Anne Frank’s posthumous stepsister – became a major part of her life for more than a decade. Martha portrayed Eva on stage, followed her around the world for her film Eva’s Mission and came to know her as a friend. For a decade, she explored with Eva the horrors of the Holocaust, becoming a witness of the witness. In this conversation with Adam Gell for his podcast ‘Inspiring Minds’, Martha reflects on her profoundly transformative journey with Eva, the making of Eva’s Mission, and how we can carry Eva’s torch forward now that she is no longer with us.

ISA selects Martha’s Research Paper for Sociological Essay Film

Martha’s paper on Religious Integration is accepted for presentation at the International Sociological Association (ISA). This marks the first academic presentation of the longitudinal research underpinning her film ‘Searching for Mama Salone’s Secret’.

Queens World Festival Listening Tour

Queens World is Listening. Are you? – Martha is delighted to contribute to the Queens World Film Festival Listening Tour, sharing some thoughts on hope and resilience. A short segment was also included in the final compilation.

Impact of Martha’s article’ The Pananthropoi – Towards A Society of All-Humanity’

Martha’s philosophical article The Pananthropoi – Towards a Society of All-Humanity was hailed ‘path-breaking’ by the eminent global historian, the late Prof Bruce Mazlish. Written in Spring 2006, the theoretical essay The Pananthropoi explores the possibility of a world society beyond the division between ‘us’ and ‘them’, challenging Immanuel Kant’s idea of ‘unsocial sociability’. The…

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