Helene Meyers, "Movie-Made Jews: An American Tradition" (Rutgers UP, 2021)
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Documentaries and Fiction Films - The Poorest Borders
"i was pretty shook up. And i certainly talked to other people i about that, you know, that decision," she said. "I decided that not only could it be done, but that it should be done." She also had a responsibility to explain the boundaries between those forms of film - documentaries and fiction films. In addition, at film festivals in general and at jewish film festivals in particular, vewis experience both types of films,. so it really makes sense for a book about the american jewish tradition to include em to include.
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