Forgive Us Our Trespasses (2022)

• Year: 2022
• Released: 17 Feb 2022
• Country: United States
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17162524/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/forgive_us_our_trespasses
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: TV-14
• Genre: Short, Drama
• Runtime: 13 min
• Writer: Ashley Eakin, Shawn Lovering
• Director: Ashley Eakin
• Cast: Knox Gibson, Hanneke Talbot, Justin Mader

	6.4/10
	79% – Audience

Forgive Us Our Trespasses Storyline

Targeted by Nazis as they hunt down and murder people with disabilities, a boy with a limb difference makes a daring decision while running for his life.

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Manipulative and historically inaccurate

Aktion T4 was a real thing, but it was carried out in secrecy by doctors performing involuntary euthanasia, this short portrays it as if Hitler ordered the army to hunt their own non-Jew German citizens the same way the SS hunted Jews. If such a thing had really happened, the Nazis would have lost all their popular support. The soldiers are portrayed as blood thirsty lunatics, immediately killing the boy’s mother because she didn’t open the door within 3 seconds. As if the historical inaccuracies weren’t enough the ending is an insult to the viewers’ intelligence, because we’re supposed to believe a disabled boy can overpower a grown up armed soldier, lol. It’s a shame this short is so bad, because this is a really interesting and little known part of German history.

Empathy (and the lack therof)

During or even before the second world war, the Nazi regime targeted people it deemed lesser. With Aryans allegedly and supposedly being superior to others (be it religious beliefs, skin color or simply race). One group that gets almost forgotten, are the physically disabled. Like the protagonist in this short movie.

A short movie that is very well done and that shows how cruel and mad people got back then. Tension filled and really tight, I would not be surprised if this wins (or has won by the time you read this) awards. Short and while maybe not so sweet (subject matter), this checks all the “right” boxes. Nothing to forgive here …

A Brilliant Short That Should Be a Feature or Series

I watched “Forgive Us Our Trespasses” and it packs a powerful punch in a short period of time. “Forgive Us Our Trespasses” is brilliant filmmaking in a compact little jewel box. It advocates for those with limb differences being very capable of living just as full of a life as anyone else, balanced against a shameful period in 20th century history. 300,000 people with disabilities were murdered under the Nazi regime (many of which were children) and another 400,000 were forcibly sterilized.

And the disabled are still treated like disposable marginalized members of our society. I know firsthand with caring for my severely disabled cousin. With the roadblocks, red-tape, potholes, policies, rules, regulations and our politicians forgetting that the disabled exists until they need votes, they are truly the forgotten people and sometimes dealing with the government insanity, I almost think the powers-that-be would be more than happy for the disabled to just disappear, never to be heard of again. Why, because we live in a society that sees having a disability as a weakness.

Thank you Netflix for this thought-provoking film, because it’s rare that the disabled are spotlighted and not just seen as a sidekick, burden or the brunt of a joke.