The story of Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant peddler, who rose to head Sears, and partnered with Booker T. Washington and African American communities to build 5,400 Southern schools in African American communities in the early 1900s during the Jim Crow era. As much the chronicle of African American struggle and achievement as the story of a remarkable individual who was inspired by the Jewish ideals of tzedakah (charity) and tikkun olam (repairing the world). Commentary from George C. Wolfe, Julian Bond, John Lewis and Maya Angelou, an alumna of a Rosenwald school.
“Wholly engaging from its first frame to its last.” Roger Ebert
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Film Details: Documentary/ Dir: Aviva Kempner / USA/ 2015/ 95m
Festivals: MJFF 2016, Nashville JFF, Toronto JFF, NAACP National Convention, 2016,
