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245 00 Blacks And Jews.|h[Kanopy electronic resource] 
264  1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
       |c2015. 
300    1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 85 min.) :
       |bdigital, .flv file, sound 
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500    Title from title frames. 
518    Originally produced by California Newsreel in 1997. 
520    Scholars and critics probe the history and psychology of 
       victimization shared between Blacks and Jews and their 
       exploitation by the media. The faultline between Blacks 
       and Jews is one of the most visible symbols of America's 
       racial divide. This film, made collaboratively by Jewish 
       and Black filmmakers, goes behind the headlines and the 
       rhetoric to try to heal the misunderstanding and mistrust.
       Blacks & Jews was acclaimed at the Sundance Film Festival 
       for initiating a frank yet constructive nationwide 
       dialogue between these two traditional allies. During the 
       Civil Rights movement, Blacks and Jews fought together for
       equal rights. With the waning of that movement, 
       differences in economic status caused both groups to turn 
       inward. Positions hardened around such divisive issues as 
       affirmative action in the schools, Louis Farrakhan's anti-
       Semitism, even Jewish influence in Hollywood. Blacks & 
       Jews cuts through the sensationalized media coverage and 
       the stereotypes to re-examine key conflicts from the 
       perspectives of activists on both sides. The Crown Heights
       riots in New York dramatizes the distrust between these 
       two communities. But we also meet a Black man who saved a 
       Hassid's life and a Jewish leader who works to brings the 
       youth of both communities together. During the 1960s, 
       "blockbusting" in Chicago pitted Jewish owners against 
       Black homebuyers. A rabbi recounts how he took on real 
       estate speculators and racism in the Jewish community as a
       leader of an interethnic coalition. A former Black Muslim 
       leader explains the attraction of the Nation of Islam to 
       many African Americans and why he finally left the 
       movement. When a group of Black teens in Oakland laughed 
       during a screening of Schindler's List, it launched a 
       feeding frenzy in the press and a political circus for 
       demagogues on both sides. Students and teachers tell what 
       really happened and how they took steps to increase 
       understanding of both the Holocaust and slavery. Scholars 
       and critics such as Gary Rubin, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, 
       Michael Lerner, Salim Muwakkil, Cornel West and Clayborne 
       Carson place these stories in context and explain how 
       attitudes have hardened as a result of competition over a 
       stagnant economic pie, a shared psychology of 
       victimization and exploitive media coverage. Blacks & Jews
       offers no Panglossian assurances of easy racial harmony. 
       But screenings of this film can cut through the anger and 
       emotion on both sides and demonstrate that dialogue and 
       cooperation must be based in a serious effort to 
       understand and value the experience of others. Synagogues 
       and churches, campus ministries and student advisors, 
       community organizers and antiracism activists will all 
       find Blacks & Jews an invaluable new tool for increasing 
       mutual understanding and building coalitions for social 
       justice, not just between Blacks and Jews, but between all
       ethnic groups. "Provocative and absorbing... Blacks and 
       Jews will undermine stereotypes, inspire discussion, and 
       help repair a wrongly damaged relationship." - Roger Ebert,
       Chicago Sun Times "Well documented, balanced, and 
       sensitive to nuance - an unusual combination in any film, 
       but essential for a documentary on this controversial 
       subject. I strongly recommend you see it!" - Henry Louis 
       Gates, Jr., Harvard University "Blacks & Jews will help 
       make it possible for African Americans to understand 
       Jewish sensitivities - and help make Jewish Americans more
       attentive to the challenges facing the black community. 
       Members of both communities - indeed, ALL communities in 
       America - need to see and discuss this important film." - 
       Mayor Willie Brown, Jr., San Francisco "Wonderfully 
       entertaining - and illuminating...This important film has 
       immediate implications for the way the two groups perceive
       and interact with each other...and should be embraced by 
       Jewish and black organizations." - Emanuel Levy, Variety. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Race relations|xRacism|zUnited States. 
650  0 African American relations with Jews|xAntisemitism 
       |zUnited States. 
650  0 Conflict Management|xRace relations|zUnited States. 
655  7 Documentary films.|2lcgft 
700 1  Kaufman, Deborah  |efilm director. 
700 1  Snitow, Alan |efilm director. 
710 2  Kanopy (Firm) 
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