Who was Jerzy Kosinski?
Television—Run! 1962; It’s a Big Wide Wonderful World, 1962; Dawn, 1963; I’ve Got My Eye on You, 1963; Mehane Yehuda, 1971; A Day in the Warsaw Ghetto: A Birthday Trip in Hell, 1991; Shtetl, 1995. Documentary Films—his own screenplays. * * * When Jack Kuper’s autobiographical work, Child of the Holocaust, was published in 1967, it was the first Holocaust-related memoir to be published en masse in North America. In a conversation with the author, Kuper recalled the difficulty he experienced in finding a publishing house for the book. Typical of the period, agents and publishers informed him that the World War II was history and the subject matter of the book had little—if any—relevance for the 1960s. Further, he was advised to try to put the suffering he described “behind him and try to get on with his life.” The Polish-born Kuper, however, was hardly “living in the past.” By the time that Child of the Holocaust was being offered for publication, Kuper had made a name for himself in the
Documentary explores the life author Jerzy Kosinski, focusing on his relationship with filmmaker and one-time friend Jack Kuper. The Cinema Guild, 130 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016-7038, Phone: (212)685-6242, Toll-free: 800-723-5522, Fax: (212)685-4717, Email: info@cinemaguild.com, URL: http://www.cinemaguild.com, Remarks: Some programs available in PAL & SECAM. Available on (VHS) Running time 53 minutes.
