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Country: USA 2009 Documentary This award-winning documentary recounts the remarkable life of 99 year-old journalist, author and humanitarian Ruth Gruber. With her love of adventure, fearlessness, and powerful intellect, Gruber defied tradition in an extraordinary career that has spanned almost eight decades The daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, the Brooklyn-born Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world at age 20, going on to become a foreign correspondent and photojournalist . A feminist before feminism, Gruber continued to make history throughout her trail-blazing career, becoming the first journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic in 1935 and escorting 1000 Holocaust refugees from Naples to New York in a secret war-time mission in 1944. She covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946, and became the eyes and conscience of the world with her photographs of the refugees aboard the Haganah ship Exodus in 1947. Ruth Gruber didn’t just report the news… she made the news. Director Bob Richman deftly interweaves archival material, interviews and verite footage with Gruber, who still has the same moxie and sharp wit that propelled her career. Her articulate insights and vitality make her a compelling screen presence and an inspirational role model for all ages. Date & Time: Sunday, November 13th at 3:40 PM
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