Louis Proyect
2014-10-20 11:59:29 UTC
Tuesday, Oct. 28 7:00 PM
NYWIFT: RED FATHER
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This screening is part of: NEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION PRESENTS
Film Notes
Tova Beck-Friedman
RED FATHER
2014, 55 min, digital
Tells the story of the rise and fall of Bernard Ades, a Jewish lawyer
and a Communist raised in Baltimore and radicalized during the Great
Depression. The film examines Ades?s life, as told by his daughter,
Janet Ades. Set against the backdrop of the pre-civil rights era, the
film follows Ades as he seeks to end systemic legal racism in Maryland,
fights Fascism with the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil
War, and becomes a target himself during the dark days of America?s
McCarthyism.
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=10&year=2014#showing-43380
NYWIFT: RED FATHER
Share +
This screening is part of: NEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION PRESENTS
Film Notes
Tova Beck-Friedman
RED FATHER
2014, 55 min, digital
Tells the story of the rise and fall of Bernard Ades, a Jewish lawyer
and a Communist raised in Baltimore and radicalized during the Great
Depression. The film examines Ades?s life, as told by his daughter,
Janet Ades. Set against the backdrop of the pre-civil rights era, the
film follows Ades as he seeks to end systemic legal racism in Maryland,
fights Fascism with the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil
War, and becomes a target himself during the dark days of America?s
McCarthyism.
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=10&year=2014#showing-43380