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Rosenwald: A Remarkable Story of a Jewish Partnership with African American Communities is a 2015 documentary film written and directed by Aviva Kempner about the career of American businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald.
Aug 14, 2015 · Rosenwald: Directed by Aviva Kempner. With Peter Ascoli, Julian Bond, Stephanie Deutsch, Richard J. Powell. The movie shows the work that Rosenwald did in his efforts, with Booker T. Washington, to build over 5, 300 schools for African-American children.
Mar 11, 2021 · Our newest film project is Rosenwald, a documentary on the incredible story of how businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald joined with African-American communities in the South to build schools for them during the early part of the 20th century.
In the early 1900s, businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald uses his considerable wealth to build more than 5,000 schools to help African-Americans in the South.
Sep 4, 2015 · Aviva Kempner ’s “Rosenwald” begins by focusing its inquisitive lens on a mystifying anomaly. Who is the white man prominently framed on the wall of numerous black schools located throughout the American South? This question turns out to be the thread that unravels a historical yarn for the ages.
Aug 13, 2015 · Aviva Kempner’s documentary offers a stirring portrait of a Sears executive whose Rosenwald Fund dispensed fellowships to black artists and academics including W. E. B. Du Bois and James...
Aug 14, 2015 · Rosenwald - Metacritic. 2015. Ciesla Foundation. 1 h 35 m. Summary Chicago philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant peddler, rose to head Sears, partnered with Booker T. Washington to build 5,400 Southern schools in African American communities in the early 1900s during the Jim Crow era.
