INDEPENDENT LENS: "REWIND"
PBS, 10:00 p.m. ET
This extremely personal film was crafted by former child actor Sasha Neulinger, whose father, Henry Nevison, also was a filmmaker (the reason for the different last names is covered in this documentary). This biographical study came about when Neulinger, troubled by unsettling memories and feelings from his childhood, asked his dad if he had saved any film or videotape from those years. His dad provided him with 200 hours of home video footage, and agreed to be interviewed by his son for what became Rewind – but otherwise had no involvement in the movie’s contents. The story it tells is of young Sasha allegedly being abused by other family members, including two uncles and a cousin, and what Rewind shows is the clear delineation between how the young boy acted, on film and tape, before and after the start of the events discussed. Check local listings.