First Cousin Once Removed

For the phrase, see Cousin § Removed.
First Cousin Once Removed
Directed byAlan Berliner
StarringEdwin Honig
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • 2012 (2012)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

First Cousin Once Removed is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Alan Berliner.[1][2] The film premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 2012.[3] The film is about the life of the poet, translator, critic, and university professor Edwin Honig and his struggles with Alzheimer's disease.[4] Honig and Berliner were first cousins once removed.

  1. ^ Watching Memories Slip from the Mind. By John Anderson. The New York Times, September 20, 2013.
  2. ^ ‘56 Ways of Saying I Don’t Remember’. By Alan Berliner. The New York Times, September 16, 2013.
  3. ^ First Cousin Once Removed. Filmlinc.com
  4. ^ Review: 'First Cousin Once Removed' a moving look at Alzheimer's. By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2013.