First Cousin Once Removed

{{short description|2012 film by Alan Berliner}}

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{{Infobox film

|director=Alan Berliner

|starring=Edwin Honig

|released={{Film date|2012}}

|distributor=HBO

|language=English

|country=United States

|producer=

|runtime=78 minutes

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First Cousin Once Removed is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Alan Berliner.[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.[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. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival in October 2012.[http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2012/films/first-cousin-once-removed First Cousin Once Removed.] Filmlinc.com The film is about the life of the poet, translator, critic, and university professor Edwin Honig and his struggles with Alzheimer's disease.[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. Honig and Berliner were first cousins once removed.