# First Cousin Once Removed

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{{short description|2012 film by Alan Berliner}}
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|director=[Alan Berliner](/source/Alan_Berliner)
|starring=[Edwin Honig](/source/Edwin_Honig)
|released={{Film date|2012}}
|distributor=[HBO](/source/HBO)
|language=English
|country=United States
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|runtime=78 minutes
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'''''First Cousin Once Removed''''' is a 2012 American [documentary film](/source/documentary_film) directed by [Alan Berliner](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Edwin_Honig) and his struggles with [Alzheimer's disease](/source/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](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)'', September 19, 2013.</ref> Honig and Berliner were  [first cousins once removed](/source/First_cousin_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
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