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Rosenwald / The Ciesla Foundation presents ; an Aviva Kempner film ; written, produced and directed by Aviva Kempner.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 030 469 disc 1-2 + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932.
- Rosenwald, Julius.
- Julius Rosenwald Fund.
- Segregation in education--History.
- Segregation in education.
- Jewish philanthropists--United States.
- Jewish philanthropists.
- African American educators.
- African American schools--History.
- African American schools.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Educational films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (96 mins.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([10] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
- 4 3/4 in.
- Distribution:
- [Waltham, Massachusetts] : The National Center for Jewish Film.
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, DC] : The Ciesla Foundation, [2017]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, all regions; widescreen (1.77:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; Dolby Digital stereo.
- digital optical surround Dolby Digital
- digital optical stereo Dolby Digital
- widescreen (1.77:1)
- videodisc NTSC
- video file DVD video all regions
- Summary:
- "Rosenwald is the incredible story of how businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald joined forces with Booker T. Washington and African American communities in the segregationist Jim Crow South to build more than 5000 schools. Inspired by the Jewish doctrine of 'tikkun olam,' repairing the world, and a deep concern over racial inequality in America, the Rosenwald Fund supported major African-American artists and intellectuals, like Marian Anderson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Jacob Lawrence, and Gordon Parks. This unprecedented historical partnership impacted American culture for generations and continues to inspire today."--from container.
- Credits:
- Editor, Marian Sears Hunter; music, Zane Mark.
- Notes:
- "The remarkable story of a Jewish partnership with African American communities"--subtitle on cover.
- Disc 1 special features include: film with director's commentary; Julius Rosenwald's legacy : a pioneer of social justice (14 mins.); Need for better schools in the Jim Crow South : it was difficult for African Americans to get a first class education (8 mins.); Building Rosenwald schools : these new school buildings would make African Americans a visible part of public life (16 mins.); Restoring Rosenwald schools : this is a building worth saving (11 mins.); trailers (for this film and three others).
- Disc 2 special features include: Growth of Sears and Roebuck under Rosenwald (12 mins.); Rosenwald and the NAACP (7 mins.); Banning Birth of a nation (5 mins.); Rosenwald serves in World War I (4 mins.); Chicago riots, 1919 (8 mins.); Rosenwald and the Chicago Crime Commission (3 mins.); The great migration (7 mins.); Lynching of Leo Frank (5 mins.); Building the 12th Street Y.M.C.A. (11 mins.); Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments (15 mins.); Museum of Science and Industry (7 mins.); Rosenwald's contribution to Jewish charities (8 mins.); Rabbi Hirsch leads Chicago Sinai Congregation (13 mins.); Rosenwald's philosophy of philanthropy (8 mins.); Edwin Embree heads the Rosenwald Fund (11 mins.); Rosenwald Fund writers (10 mins.); Rosenwald Fund artists (16 mins.); Marian Anderson (8 mins.); Horace Mann Bond (6 mins.); Dr. Charles Drew (7 mins.); Langston Hughes (8 mins.); Jacob Lawrence (7 mins.); Gordon Parks (9 mins.); Augusta Savage (6 mins.); Madam C.J. Walker (6 mins.); Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois (7 mins.); Legacy of black architects at Tuskegee (10 mins.); Edith Stern (9 mins.); Rescue during World War II (6 mins.); Marx Brothers (1 min.); George Wolfe remembers (6 mins.); Debra and Joshua Levin's first date (3 mins.); Julian Bond on voting rights for DC (1 min.); Rosenwald on the rich (1 min.); Aviva Kempner's biography.
- Special features include : free downloadable teaching guide available online at rosenwaldfilm.org.
- ISBN:
- 9780692957394
- 0692957391
- OCLC:
- 1015201502
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