Shared Legacies
Films
1H 37MIN
Availability ended 1/30/2022 PST
Documentary, USA, 2020. Produced and directed by Dr. Shari Rogers.
The crucial historical lessons of Black-Jewish cooperation are revisited and revived in this utterly fascinating, urgent call to action. With divisive seeds of hate taking root anew in the American landscape, a new generation also affirms their pledge to actively promote the values of social justice. This potent, inspiring story of unity, empathy and partnership validates the ubiquity of the human experience, and how freedom and equality for all can be achieved only when people come together. Cosponsored by
Dr. Shari L. Rogers is a licensed clinical psychologist and social activist whose work encompasses movie production, writing, educational programing, curriculum development and public speaking. She is the Co-Executive Producer of Eli Inspiring Future Generations, a PBS documentary and has also been published in Friendship and Faith, The Wisdom of Women Creating Alliances for Peace. Shari is the president and founder of Spill The Honey, a Michigan-based 501(c)(3) organization committed to promoting human dignity, as well as advancing public knowledge of the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. Shari also serves as a trustee of the Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy (ISGAP).