From Hitler to Hollywood – Moguls, Movies and the Plot Against America
In 1930, 80 million Americans or 65% of the population went to the movies every week. In some sense, movies were the entertainment internet of their day. But what did movie goers see? Did the movie moguls, most of whom were Jewish, use the power of film to confront the rise in Fascist regimes abroad or did they take the “don’t rock the boat” attitude of large segments of American Jewry.
Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival Director Marcia Torobin will take a look at the role Hollywood played in confronting (or not confronting) Fascism and the rise of Hitler abroad and in their own backyard.