Rosenwald

Name: Rosenwald
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: August 14, 2015
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 67

2015

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Ciesla Foundation | Release Date: August 14, 2015 | Not Rated

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. Rosenwald also built YMCAs and housing for African Americans to address the pressing needs of the GreatChicago 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. Rosenwald also built YMCAs and housing for African Americans to address the pressing needs of the Great Migration. The Rosenwald Fund supported great artists like Marian Anderson, Woody Guthrie, Langston Hughes, Gordon Parks, and Jacob Lawrence. Among those interviewed are civil rights leaders Julian Bond, Ben Jealous and Congressman John Lewis, columnists Eugene Robinson and Clarence Page, Cokie Roberts, Rabbi David Saperstein, Rosenwald school alumni writer Maya Angelou and director George C. Wolfe and Rosenwald relatives.… Expand

Director: Aviva Kempner

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Fagerholm

Sep 4, 2015

Wholly engaging from its first frame to its last, Rosenwald stands as an exemplary testament to the change that can occur when wealth, power and influence are utilized for the good of humanity. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Aug 28, 2015

More than awe, the film provokes gratitude for what this man did. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Aug 27, 2015

The worst thing I can say about Rosenwald, a wonderful documentary by Aviva Kempner, is that it tends to ramble. I say it, though, in the spirit of the joyous New Orleans funeral march “Oh! Didn’t He Ramble.” How could Ms. Kempner’s narrative follow anything like a straight line when her subject is so rich and varied? Read full review

Steven Rea

Aug 21, 2015

Rosenwald tells the remarkable story of a remarkable man. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Aug 27, 2015

As revealed by writer-director Aviva Kempner, it's not just the amount of money he donated that makes Rosenwald special, it's the specifics of who he gave it to and how and why he did it that sets him apart. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Aug 17, 2015

Rosenwald is not always successful in doing full justice to its rich subject matter, suffering from pacing problems and occasionally feeling drawn-out in its feature-length running time.... But it certainly deserves kudos for bringing long overdue attention to this unsung figure whose life was one big mitzvah. Read full review

Wes Greene

Aug 10, 2015

Director Aviva Kempner profile of Julius Rosenwald suggests a 60 Minutes segment stretched to feature length. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Sep 7, 2015

An informative look at an unlikely (and largely unsung) American hero. Despite some pacing issues in the first 30 and last 20 minutes, the film generally tells its story well and in tremendous depth, with plenty of great archive footage and engaging contemporary interviews. Most of all,An informative look at an unlikely (and largely unsung) American hero. Despite some pacing issues in the first 30 and last 20 minutes, the film generally tells its story well and in tremendous depth, with plenty of great archive footage and engaging contemporary interviews. Most of all, though, the picture shows what miraculous results are possible when we make the effort to become involved and make a difference.… Expand

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