Our Summer Film Series continues with the documentary The Wild One. The film will be available to stream beginning Friday, July 25 through Thursday, July 31. We then invite you to join us online Thursday, July 31, at 3:00 p.m. for a Q&A with Columbia University Film Professor Annette Insdorf, led by IIJS Film Programmer Stuart Weinstock.
The Wild One illuminates the journey of an unsung artist, Jack Garfein – Holocaust survivor, celebrated Broadway director, Actors Studio West co-founder, and controversial filmmaker. This documentary delves into how his experience in the concentration camps shaped his vision of acting as a survival mechanism and propelled his engagement with themes of violence, power, and racism in postwar America in two explosive films: The Strange One (1957) and Something Wild (1961). The Wild One examines Garfein's legacy as an artist and his contributions to the mid-century revolutions in stage and screen acting, alongside other Jewish artists, that continue to define performance today.
(94 minutes; English and French)
Annette Insdorf is a Professor of Film at Columbia, and Moderator of the "Reel Pieces" series at the 92nd Street Y. Her books include Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust (with a foreword by Elie Wiesel), and Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes. Read Professor Insdorf’s full bio here.
Please register for the event below. You will receive an email with a link to watch the film on Friday, July 25. The link will remain active until Thursday, July 31.
A separate email with the Zoom link to the Q&A will be sent the morning of Thursday, July 31, ahead of the panel discussion at noon.
Please email iijs@columbia.edu with any questions.
Supported by the generosity of the Radov and Kaye families.
While all IIJS events are free and open to the public, we do encourage a suggested donation of $10.