Virtual Film and Discussion: Ahead of Time, The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
June 7 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
This prize-winning film documents the life of RUTH GRUBER (1911-2016), an American photojournalist and author who defied tradition in a career that spanned more than seven decades. The New York Times called her “a fearless chronicler of the Jewish struggle.”
She escorted Holocaust refugees to America in 1944, covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946 and documented the Haganah ship EXODUS 1947. Her relationships with world leaders including ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, HARRY TRUMAN, and DAVID BEN GURION gave her a front-row seat to history.
The film captures the drama of her long and extraordinary life as she lent her camera lens – and her heart – to refugees of war. An inspiring story of a life well-lived!
*** PLEASE NOTE: This film is being shown for a limited time only as part of the SOUSA MENDES FOUNDATION’s stay-at-home film-and-discussion series during the COVID period. To register for the discussion on Sunday, June 7 with Executive Producer PATTI KENNER and Eleanor Roosevelt biographer and friend of Ruth Gruber DR. BLANCHE WIESEN-COOK go to:
sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-ahead-of-time-the-extraordinary-journey-of-ruth-gruber/
US – PLEASE NOTE: Registration will close on Thursday, June 4 at 10 p.m. US Eastern Time.
EUROPE PLEASE NOTE : Registration closes in 3 hours –CET June 5 at 4 AM Central European time
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