The Descendants Project is the up close and personal account of two friends looking for the truth about their families' past. In Germany and Poland, their journey becomes a raw and unapologetic discovery of how WWII inheritance impacts their friendship three generations later.

The story follows Michal, a third-generation Jewish American, and Katinka, a German-American, from their homes in Seattle to five locations in Germany and Poland. In Hoya, Katinka's father and uncle reveal her grandfather's voluntary participation in the Nazi party. In Nowy Korczyn, Michal visits the ruins of her grandmother's childhood synagogue. Their confrontation with the past is juxtaposed against a backdrop of youthful voices on national pride, education and cultural heritage in contemporary Europe.

Turning the tables on traditional ancestral research, Katinka and Michal seek out other 3rd and 4th generation "descendants" to discuss how WWII Holocaust history is relevant in their lives today. A profoundly personal story, The Descendants Project explores layers of remembrance beneath the surface of a friendship.