The film goes on to show Wiesel’s speech at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 1986 and other important moments, such as his visit to Auschwitz with Oprah Winfrey, who featured him on her show.

Among those reeling from the flap about James Frey’s memoir, ‘‘A Million Little Pieces’’ — which has been exposed as an embellishment, when not outright fabrication, of the author’s life ...