Kathe Sandler
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Kathe Sandler (born May 11, 1959) is a filmmaker. She won a 1996 Guggenheim Award and two Prized Pieces Awards from the National Black Programming Consortium.[1] She also received two fellowships from New York Foundation for the Arts for filmmaking.
Early life[edit]
Sandler was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Joan Sandler, former Community Education Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Alvin Sandler, a painter and graphic artist. She attended American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. Her sister is Eve Sandler.
Career[edit]
Most known for her feature documentary, A Question of Color, Sandler became known for exploring prejudice, racial identity and the color caste system through the lens of the Black community.[2]
Sandler also made a film called Remembering Thelma, which was about the dancer Thelma Hill, debuting at the 1982 New York Film Festival.
Sandler directed The Friends, a dramatic film based on Rosa Guy's book of the same name.
She is a doctoral student in Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University.
Personal life[edit]
On January 7, 1984, she married Luke Charles Harris at the home of Evelyn Neal in Manhattan.
Filmography[edit]
- Finding a Way: New Initiative in Justice for Children
- 1982: Remembering Thelma
- 1993: A Question of Color
- 1996: The Friends
- When and Where We Enter: Stories of Black Feminism
References[edit]
- ^ "Kathe Sandler - Fellow: Awarded 1996 Field of Study: Film Competition: US & Canada". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (25 June 1993). "A Question of Color (1993) Review/Film; The Self Stays Strong Amid Shades Of Prejudice". The New York Times.
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