A Skirball Academy Class
Dr. Eric Goldman:
The Jewish Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson has had quite a career, garnering many accolades, including an Academy Award for best director in 1988 for Rain Man and a lifetime achievement award from the Writers’ Guild of America. Levinson started as a writer and went on to write, direct and produce more than twenty notable films, including some that touched on his youth and family growing up in Baltimore. We will look focus on four of Levinson’s films, focusing on how his Jewish background may have influenced his work. The movies to be studied include Diner (1983), Avalon (1990), and Liberty Heights (1999).
Tuesdays, 6:15 – 9:00 PM
July 14, 21, 28, August 4
$144 | $100 Temple Emanu-El members
Free for Friends of Streicker
OFFERED ONLINE
Author of The American Jewish Story through Cinema, Dr. Eric Goldman cohosted the Turner Classic Movies series The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film. An adjunct professor of cinema at Yeshiva University, he is currently completing a book on Israeli film and cohosts Jewish Cinematheque on JBSTV.
Tuesdays, 6:15 – 9:00 PM
July 14, 21, 28, August 4
$144 | $100 Temple Emanu-El members
Free for Friends of Streicker
Barry Levinson has had quite a career, garnering many accolades, including an Academy Award for best director in 1988 for Rain Man and a lifetime achievement award from the Writers’ Guild of America. Levinson started as a writer and went on to write, direct and produce more than twenty notable films, including some that touched on his youth and family growing up in Baltimore. We will look focus on four of Levinson’s films, focusing on how his Jewish background may have influenced his work. The movies to be studied include Diner (1983), Avalon (1990), and Liberty Heights (1999).
Author of The American Jewish Story through Cinema, Dr. Eric Goldman cohosted the Turner Classic Movies series The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film. An adjunct professor of cinema at Yeshiva University, he is currently completing a book on Israeli film and cohosts Jewish Cinematheque on JBSTV.