Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Year: 2018
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Run Time:
85 minutes
At the height of the Gilded Age, a period of time plagued by corruption and unethical business practices, Joseph Pulitzer was a champion of the working people and immigrants. Being an immigrant from humble roots himself, he used the success of his newspaper, The World, to give voice to the voiceless and to empower the disenfranchised. With his passion for democratic ideals, Pulitzer fought for the free press and essentially created the news as we know it today. The entire concept of reading the newspaper as a morning ritual was invented by Joseph Pulitzer. Though his list of accomplishments seems unending, Pulitzer was a complicated and imperfect man, known for his sharp temper, poor health, and long list of enemies and rivals. This film is narrated by Adam Driver and features Liev Schreiber as Joseph Pulitzer in re-enactments. With stories told by a variety of historians and experts, JOSEPH PULITZER: VOICE OF THE PEOPLE is a fascinating look into the life, accomplishments, and legacy of the man behind the Pulitzer Prize. —G.S.
CIFF43 Screenings
Cleveland Museum of Art - Gartner Auditorium
Friday, April 05, 2019 at 5:45 PM
Saturday, April 06, 2019 at 11:10 AM
- with FilmForum
Sunday, April 07, 2019 at 2:30 PM
Sidebar
Jewish and Israeli Visions
Competition
Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition
Related Daily Postings
Pulitzer Talked 'Fake News' More than 100 Years Ago
Director
Oren Rudavsky
Oren Rudavsky is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. His film, “A Life Apart: Hasidism in America,” was short-listed for the Academy Awards®, and his film, “Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust,” was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. In addition to his acclaimed documentaries, Rudavsky’s other work includes writing and producing segments for the ABC national series PrimeTime Live, the PBS series Media Matters, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, the Bloomberg series Risktakers, and stints on Saturday Night Live and The Real World Season One.
Filmography
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland (1986), At the Crossroads: Jews in Eastern Europe Today (1990), Saying Kaddish (1991), A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1997), And Baby Makes 2 (1999), Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust (2004), The Treatment (2006), To Educate a Girl (2010), Colliding Dreams (2015), The Ruins of Lifta (2016), Witness Theater (2019) – CIFF43, JOSEPH PULITZER: VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (2018)
Producers
Andrea Miller, Oren Rudavsky, Robert Seidman
Cinematography
Wolfgang Held, Paul Gibson, Oren Rudavsky
Editing
Ramón Rivera Moret
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Jane and Eric Buder Shapiro
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