Our Summer Film Series begins with The Wild One, a documentary from Tessa Louise-Salomé. 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)
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.