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Juan Mandelbaum

Juan Mandelbaum’s documentaries have been broadcast on a variety of venues, from American Playhouse to Sesame Street and have won multiple awards, including Emmy awards and nominations. He was a producer/director at GBH-Boston on the America series, a ten-part prime-time series on Latin America that aired nationally on PBS.

Mandelbaum’s independent productions and portraits of artists have been aired on PBS and international TV networks and in many festivals and are in worldwide distribution. These include Caetano in Bahia, Liliana Porter: Fragments of the Journey, For You/Para Usted, Ringl and Pit, A New World of Music, and the Poetry Heaven series. His film, Our Disappeared/Nuestros Desaparecidos, on people he knew who were “disappeared” during the military dictatorship in Argentina, was supported by the Sundance Institute, Latino Public Broadcasting and ITVS, and aired on the PBS series Independent and Global Voices. He was a Consulting Producer on “Chavela,” a tribute to the famous singer that premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. His films have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., The Jewish Museum, New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Harvard Film Archive, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, and many film festivals worldwide.

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Grete Stern

Grete Stern was one of the founders of Argentina’s modern photography. After studying photography in bohemian Berlin and at the legendary Bauhaus School, Stern developed an unconventional approach to photography, including advertisement collages and studies with crystals, objects, and still-lifes. Between 1935 and 1981 Stern was an influential artistic presence in Argentina, known for her photographic work, graphic design, and teaching.  

Ellen Auerbach

The life of Ellen Auerbach was a constant journey of self-discovery. Auerbach was remarkable both for her avant-garde photography and for her innovative ringl+pit studio where she and fellow artist Grete Stern worked collaboratively. In addition to photography, Auerbach m,ade short films and worked as an educational therapist with learning-disabled children.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Juan Mandelbaum." (Viewed on March 19, 2024) <http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/mandelbaum-juan>.