The past collides with the present in this excavation of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam: a journey from World War II to recent years of pandemic and protest and a provocative, life-affirming reflection on memory, time and what’s to come.

Adapting Bianca Stigter’s monumental book of biographies and testimonies, Steve McQueen’s bold epic redefines how stories of the Second World War are told onscreen. An engrossing rumination on how ghosts of the past linger in a modern city, this poetic documentary is both shattering and inspiring.