PRESS AND REVIEWS
JUDGE SAYS DOGE GRANT TERMINATIONS ARE UNLAWFUL AND “TROUBLING”Citing the current resurgence of antisemitism, Judge McMahon called out the decision to cut funding for grants related to the Holocaust because it focused on women who survived Nazi persecution. LINK
DOGE’S CUTS TO JEWISH HUMANITIES GRANTS WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, JUDGE RULES District Judge Colleen McMahon also warned of “the specter of antisemitism,” referring specifically to a canceled “project on Jewish women subjected to slave labor during the Holocaust.” LINK
New deposition testimony shows a DOGE staffer flagged a Holocaust documentary for termination. The film told the story of Jewish women forced into slave labor by the Nazis. LINK
When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities by Jennifer Schuessler After DOGE Deposition Videos Go Viral, Judge Orders Them Taken Down by Benjamin Weiser and Jennifer Schuessler
‘She has a hidden identity’: New film uncovers a mother’s second world war secrets. by Jim Farber “Riveting…an edge-of-your-seat experience.”
She thought she knew her mother. Then she learned about the concentration camps. “Powerful… telling the hard truths can also be heroic.” by Olyvia Haynie
‘Your mother never told you? New film spotlights sexual violence in Nazi labor camps. by Judy Maltz “Remarkable”
Jewish Cinémathèque: Marisa Fox’s Film My Underground Mother Filmmaker Marisa Fox joins Eric Goldman to discuss her documentary about a daughter uncovering the hidden life of her freedom fighter and survivor mother after long-lost writings come to light decades later. View on YOUTUBE
MY UNDERGROUND MOTHER Q&A at Hamptons Doc Fest View on YOUTUBE
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Celebrates 40 Years of Cinema with Star Power and Global Award Winners Best Documentary: MY UNDERGROUND MOTHER directed by Marisa Fox… explores deeply narratives that illuminate broader social themes, reinforcing the documentary genre’s ability to engage audiences through through emotional truth and real world perspectives. LINK
New Documentary “My Underground Mother” Explores Silence, Survival, And A Hidden Holocaust Past LINK
Lawsuit says DOGE used ChatGPT to tag Jewish-themed grants as DEI, then canceled them by Andrew Lapin Journalist thought her Israeli freedom- fighter mother hid something big. She was right. “An odyssey” by ReneeGhert-Zand
‘My Underground Mother’ Opens Jewish Film Festival at Jacob Burns by Laura Schiller
Finding Escape and Hope in Jewish Films by Amy Stone
MY UNDERGROUND MOTHER Marisa Fox Interview, BEHIND THE SCENES by Andrea Chase
“A REAL WORK OF ART” by Diane Joy Schmidt, Editor
My Underground Mother Woman’s search for meaning comes to Crandell Theatre in Chatham, N.Y., on October 19. by Sarah Wright
Marisa Fox unearthed an incredible survival story — her mothers. The World Premiere of MY UNDERGROUND MOTHER by Brooke Berman, writer, director
I’m one of the filmmakers DOGE targeted at the NEH. Here’s why we’re in trouble. (Guest Column.) by Marisa Fox
“I’ve seen firsthand how meeting a Holocaust survivor, whether in person or through a project, can dispel the most deep-seated antisemitic beliefs,” Fox — no apparent relation to the DOGE staffer — wrote then. “But if the NEH, NEA and local humanities councils are defunded, the platforms that can bridge divides will be severely limited. And so, too, will our chances of stemming hate’s rising tide.”
Counting the cost of cuts to the arts and filmmaking communities podcasts.apple.com
“Incredible film, amazing story” by Richard Eeds, Santa Fe
Virtual Talk: Documentary Filmmaking from the 2G Perspective Museum of Jewish Heritage Jewish Cinémathèque: View on YOUTUBE
MY UNDERGOUND MOTHER Uncovers a hidden holocaust history. by Rae Alexandra “Revelatory”
Will funding cuts spell the end for history documentaries? washingtonpost.com
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