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A PASSION FOR JUSTICE
SELECTED FILMS
Street
Scene (1931)
In this feature based on an Elmer Rice play, the characters in a
multiethnic row house include Abraham Kaplan, whose revolutionary,
socialist views grate on some of his neighbors.
Abraham
Joshua Heshel Remembered (1973)
Heschel's commitment to justice is the focus of this program, which
discusses his support of Martin Luther King, Jr., and opposition
to the Vietnam War, his views of the message of the prophets, and
his thoughts about other aspects of Judaism.
The
Way We Were (1973)
Barbra Streisand plays a Jewish woman committed to left-wing causes
in the Thirties, whose marriage to a gentile produces conflict on
both political and religious issues.
Free
Voice of Labor (1980)
A documentary about the Jewish--and mainly Yiddish-speaking--aspect
of anarchism, which was the largest radical movement among Jewish
immigrants in the late nineteenth century and continued as a central
part of the lives of many of its members well into the twentieth
century.
Image
Before My Eyes (1980)
Poland between the wars was the scene of active participation by
Jews in a wide range of political movements, from communism to Zionism.
The
Forward (1989)
This documentary on the Yiddish-language newspaper is also the story
of Yiddish-speaking immigrants and their passions about politics
and culture.
Also
of interest (although not in the Collection):
Norma
Rae
A Jewish labor organizer galvanizes worker protests in a southern
textile plant.
Running
on Empty
A radical (Judd Hirsh) is on the run with his family from the authorities
for acts he committed years before.
Mississippi
Burning
An investigation into the deaths of three civil rights workers in
Mississippi in 1964.
Justice
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