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Laura Bialis is an American born Israeli filmmaker . She grew up in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara , California and is a graduate of San Marcos High School (Santa Barbara, California) and Stanford University . Her documentaries include: Tak for Alt - Survival of a Human Spirit , about Holocaust survivor turned civil rights activist Judith Meisel, which Bialis produced and co-directed with Broderick Fox and Sarah Levy, View from the Bridge: Stories from Kosovo , co-directed with John Ealer, and Refusenik .[ In 2003, Bialis founded the Foundation for Documentary Projects, a non-profit organization with the mission of creating documentaries and accompanying curricula about important historical and social issues. In 2007 Bialis left California for Israel, or made aliyah , and is currently living in Sderot , Israel and making a film that "follows the situation there through the eyes of young musicians who are living under the daily threat of Qassams." An Evening of New Documentary Films on The Holocaust with Special Appearances by their Directors Laura Bialis Presents Refusenik, a Documentary About Alienated Jews in the USSR,The Long Road Home, Thursday, May 22, 2008, By Ben Preston, Santa Barbara Independent, [1] "USC Trojan Family Magazine - Winter 2001: Grand Jewry Investigation" .1
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Laura Bialis is an American-Israeli filmmaker . She grew up in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara , California and is a graduate of San Marcos High School (Santa Barbara, California) and Stanford University . Her documentaries include: Tak for Alt - Survival of a Human Spirit , about Holocaust survivor turned civil rights activist Judith Meisel, which Bialis produced and co-directed with Broderick Fox and Sarah Levy, , View from the Bridge: Stories from Kosovo , co-directed with John Ealer, and Refusenik .[ In 2003, Bialis founded the Foundation for Documentary Projects, a non-profit organization with the mission of creating documentaries and accompanying curricula about important historical and social issues. In 2007 Bialis left California for Israel, or made aliyah , and is currently living in Sderot , Israel and making a film that "follows the situation there through the eyes of young musicians who are living under the daily threat of Qassams." An Evening of New Documentary Films on The Holocaust with Special Appearances by their Directors Laura Bialis Presents Refusenik, a Documentary About Alienated Jews in the USSR,The Long Road Home, Thursday, May 22, 2008, By Ben Preston, Santa Barbara Independent, [1] [2] [3] [4] Documentary Pulls Back Iron Curtain, By Alexander Zaitchik, Forward , May 16, 2008 [5]
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American born Israeli filmmaker Laura Bialis is an American-Israeli filmmaker best known for directing and producing the documentary films Rock in the Red Zone (2015) and Refusenik (2008).
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American born Israeli filmmaker Laura Bialis ( Hebrew : לורה ביאליס ) is an American-Israeli filmmaker best known for directing and producing the documentary films Rock in the Red Zone (2015) and Refusenik (2008).
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