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Co-sponsored by Lois &
Avern Cohn, Barbara & Irving Nusbaum
and Elizabeth Pernick
 A Special Director’s Selection
2007, 57 minutes, English, Color and Black and White, USA
“..magically enriching and completely unexpected...”
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2 p.m. |
Mon, May 12 |
The
life of Justice Louis D. Brandeis was a story of struggle, conflict and
ultimate triumph.
When he died, Justice Brandeis was regarded one of the great champions of
liberty, progress and justice. But this posthumous consensus belied a life
of controversy and conflict spent on the edge of the great social and
political struggles of his day.
This sweeping biographical film chronicles Brandeis’ rise from smalltime
Boston lawyer to one of the nation’s most controversial figures. In the
process, it puts a fresh lens to some of the most critical junctures in
American history, including the development of modern American law, the
causes of the progressive politics and the growth of the Zionist movement.
Preceded by: Where Neon Goes
to Die
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