First Cousin Once Removed

{{short description|2012 film by Alan Berliner}} {{for|the phrase|Cousin#Removed}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film |director=Alan Berliner |starring=Edwin Honig |released={{Film date|2012}} |distributor=HBO |language=English |country=United States |producer= |runtime=78 minutes }}

'''''First Cousin Once Removed''''' is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Alan Berliner.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/movies/alan-berliners-first-cousin-once-removed.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Watching Memories Slip from the Mind]. By John Anderson. ''The New York Times'', September 20, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/opinion/56-ways-of-saying-i-dont-remember.html ‘56 Ways of Saying I Don’t Remember’]. By Alan Berliner. ''The New York Times'', September 16, 2013.</ref> The film premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 2012.<ref>[http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2012/films/first-cousin-once-removed First Cousin Once Removed.] Filmlinc.com</ref> The film is about the life of the poet, translator, critic, and university professor Edwin Honig and his struggles with Alzheimer's disease.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-first-cousin-20130920,0,7253827.story Review: 'First Cousin Once Removed' a moving look at Alzheimer's]. By Kenneth Turan, ''Los Angeles Times'', September 19, 2013.</ref> Honig and Berliner were first cousins once removed.

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Category:2012 films Category:American documentary films Category:Documentary films about dementia Category:Documentary films about American poets Category:2012 English-language films Category:2012 American films Category:English-language documentary films