Jewish Writers Institute

Fellows /

Iris Bahr

Screenwriters Lab

2023-2024 Fellow

Iris Bahr

THE GUILT TRIP

The Guilt Trip is a dramedy about two sisters, Maya and Abby, who are sent to Poland by their ailing grandmother, Chana, to trace her journey from the Warsaw Ghetto to the camps. Chana hopes this trip will heal the girls’ strained relationship, and perhaps her own wounds as well. Armed with a briefcase and audio guide that their Savta prepared, the reluctant sisters depart. Once there, the friction between them only escalates, as they find themselves in increasingly complicated situations and it becomes apparent that this trip is having the opposite effect of what Chana intended.

The Guilt Trip is a dramedy about two sisters, Maya and Abby, who are sent to Poland by their ailing grandmother, Chana, to trace her journey from the Warsaw Ghetto to the camps. Chana hopes this trip will heal the girls’ strained relationship, and perhaps her own wounds as well. Armed with a briefcase and […]