Skillfully blended songs, newsreels, and archival footage with interviews of over forty Holocaust survivors to paint an eye-opening portrait of the courageous Jewish resistance who staged a sabotage offensive against the Nazis in the Polish city of Vilna.

Special features: bonus grammy-nominated CD and liner notes in English and Yiddish: Partisans of Vilna: the songs of WWII Jewish Resistance; elaborate study guide with background, glossary, bibliography and key questions for discussion; two separate filmmaker commentaries with director Josh Waletzky and producer Aviva Kempner; exclusive photo gallery; filmmaker biographies. Originally produced as a documentary motion picture in 1986. Special features: Audio commentary from producer Aviva Kempner [optional audio feature]; Audio commentary from director Josh Waletzky [optional audio feature]; Photo gallery [slide show]; Producer's statement [text feature]; Filmmaker biographies [text feature]; About Docurama [text feature]; Catalog/trailers [text and video feature] (18 min.); booklets include a study guide with background, film details, questions for discussion, and supplementary materials; and songbook with liner notes and song lyrics in original Yiddish and English.

DVDDefend ourselves -- Abductions -- Sealed ghetto -- Call to arms -- Partisan handbook -- Shameful actions -- Hearing the call -- Partisan bases -- Everyone against us -- Fighting units -- Refugees in need -- Credits.