An Author's Retrospective: Jay Rosenblatt

PRAYER

Jay Rosenblatt
Screening time  
28.02. / Tuesday, 18:00 - 20:00 Theatre 5  
One response to the events of September 11, 2001.

Faith and fear. Duck and cover. One response to the events of September 11, 2001. Part of the omnibus film 'Underground Zero', a collection of shorts related to the events of September 11th.
 

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Jay Rosenblatt

Jay Rosenblatt is an internationally recognized artist who has been working as an independent filmmaker since 1980 and has completed over thirty films. His films have received over 100 awards and have screened throughout the world. His most recent films screened for a week at MoMA, and eight of his films have been screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Jay is a recipient of a Guggenheim, USA Artists and a Rockefeller Fellowship. He is a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and served on the Executive Committee for 9 years. Jay is originally from New York and has lived in San Francisco for many years. For more than 20 years he was a film and video production instructor at various film schools, including Stanford University, S.F. State University, and the San Francisco Art Institute. He is currently the Program Director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. He has a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and, in a former life, worked as a therapist.

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PRAYER

USA
2002, 3', color/bw, video

Directed by:
Jay Rosenblatt

Edited by:
Jay Rosenblatt

Music:
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Producer:
Jay Rosenblatt

Festivals & Awards:

Black Maria Film Festival – 2nd Prize