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NEW YORK TIMES: "Ruth Gruber is remarkable... indefatigable... a riveting raconteur... an inspiration."
TIME OUT NEW YORK: "A case study in pioneering feminist courage."
Richard Holbrooke, Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan: "You could not invent Ruth Gruber... not even in a movie."
AWARDS
WINNER Audience Award, Teaneck International Film Festival, 2011
“I am experiencing that feeling of zest which goes with exploration. I am in the thick of an historic moment. I am in an era in the making…” - First lines of Ruth Gruber’s initial dispatch from the Soviet Arctic, 1935
Born in Brooklyn in 1911, Ruth Gruber became the youngest Ph.D. in the world before going on to become an international foreign correspondent and photojournalist at age 24. She emerged as the eyes and conscience of the world. With her love of adventure, fearlessness and powerful intellect, Ruth defied tradition in an extraordinary career that spanned more than seven decades.
The first journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic in 1935, Ruth also traveled to Alaska as a member of the Roosevelt administration in 1942, escorted Holocaust refugees to America in 1944, covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946 and documented the Haganah ship Exodus in 1947. Her relationships with world leaders including Eleanor Roosevelt, President Harry Truman, and David Ben Gurion gave her unique access and insight into the modern history of the Jewish people.
Through her own words and images, the film follows Ruth Gruber’s incredible journey as a student, a reporter, an activist leader and a prolific author. The film captures the drama of her life as she lent her camera lens – and her heart – to refugees of war. Ruth continues to travel all over the world re-connecting with many of the people who shared historic moments with her in Europe, in Israel, in the Arctic Tundra, in DP camps and refugee centers overseas and in the United States.
Ruth is an inspiration not only for her ground-breaking career, but for her vitality at 97 years old. We have filmed her all over the world re-connecting with many people who shared historic moments with her.
A Reel Inheritance Film Production
Bob Richman began his career in film as a cinematographer working with the verite pioneers Albert and David Maysles. He recently won the Grand Jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival for Best Cinematography for The September Issue. His other credits as DP/cinematographer include Academy Award winner An Inconvenient Truth, Academy Award nominee My Architect, Metallica:Some Kind of Monster, and Paradise Lost:The Robin Hood Hills Child Murders. Richman was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy for Paradise Lost.
Zeva Oelbaum is an award winning producer and the founder of Reel Inheritance Films. In addition to producing Ahead of Time, she has directed and produced short films which have screened at venues such as the International Center of Photography in New York. She was Executive Producer of Rene and I, a documentary film on twins Irene Hizme and Rene Slotkin who survived Josef Mengele at Auschwitz when they were only 6 years old.
Sabine Krayenbuehl was nominated by the American Cinema Editors for an Eddie Award for My Architect. Her other documentary projects include Mad Hot Ballroom, The Bridge, and Picasso and Braque Go To The Movies, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Official Website: ruthgruberthemovie.com
Ruth Gruber Interview on NBC's Today Show (March, 2011)
Press Kit (PDF)
Radio Interview with Ruth Gruber-NPR Weekend Edition (Oct. 15, 2011)
Film Review-St. Louis Jewish Light
Ruth Gruber Skypes with Circle Cinema
The New York Jewish Week: Being Ruth Gruber
The New York Jewish Week: Ruth Gruber Gala Dinner
The Jewish Chronicle: Descendants of Refugees Thank Gruber for her Efforts
Museum of Jewish Heritage NYC Benefit Event
Centenary Celebration, Museum of American Jewish History
International Center of Photography Award & Exhibition
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