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Tak For Alt: Survival of a Human Spirit
(1999)
  • Broderick Fox, Occidental College
Description
Documentary: 60 minutes 

Assisted autobiography of Holocaust survivor and civil rights activist Judy Meisel that grapples with the challenges of representing memory. 

DISTRIBUTION: 
PBS National Broadcast—May-June 2000 Danish Broadcasting Corporation—Denmark TV broadcast, May 2000 Laemmle Theaters—Los Angeles theatrical run, October 1999 

AWARDS: 
Academy of Motion Pics. Arts & Sciences—Special Rec. for Outstanding Documentary, Nov. 2000 Dore Schary Award—American Civil Liberties Union, May 2000 First Prize, Judah Magnes Museum—Jewish Video Competition, October 1999 First Prize, "War and Peace" Category—Vermont International Film Festival, October 1999 Gold Apple, Natl. Educational Media Network—Excellence in Educational Film/Video, April 1999 

SCREENINGS: 
Harvard Film Festival—Cambridge, March 2009 Arizona International Film Festival—Tucson, April 2000 Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival—Philadelphia, March 2000 Mendocino Film Festival—Mendocino, February 2000 Portland Jewish Film Festival—Portland, January 2000 Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival—Los Angeles, November 1999
Publication Date
1999
Citation Information
Broderick Fox. "Tak For Alt: Survival of a Human Spirit" (1999)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bfox/33/