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Demonstrating how the Jewish experience gives rise to an intimately linked series of issues in Jewish filmmakers films, this trilogy presents the effects of the Holocaust linger. It focuses on the failure of society's institutions to deliver social justice, and analyses works of Steven Spielberg, Barry Levinson, Brian Singer, and Darren Aronofsky.

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"[A] fascinating and challenging study, one that sheds light not only on the changing character of the American Jew, but on the changing nature of American society and the films that reflect it."--Australian Jewish News
"There is much here for the serious film buff to relish."--Jerusalem Post Magazine

American Jewish Filmmakers

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    A Paperback / softback by David Desser, Lester D. Friedman

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: 07/11/2003
      ISBN13: 9780252071539, 978-0252071539
      ISBN10: 0252071530
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      Filmmaking and production Social groups: religious groups and communities

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Demonstrating how the Jewish experience gives rise to an intimately linked series of issues in Jewish filmmakers films, this trilogy presents the effects of the Holocaust linger. It focuses on the failure of society's institutions to deliver social justice, and analyses works of Steven Spielberg, Barry Levinson, Brian Singer, and Darren Aronofsky.

      Trade Review
      "[A] fascinating and challenging study, one that sheds light not only on the changing character of the American Jew, but on the changing nature of American society and the films that reflect it."--Australian Jewish News
      "There is much here for the serious film buff to relish."--Jerusalem Post Magazine

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