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Nancy Spielberg Knows Unforgettable Footage

JL;DR SUMMARY Nancy Spielberg, a Shabbat observant film producer and sister of Steven Spielberg, reflects on the impact of witnessing uncensored footage from the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Steven SpielbergJewish StoriesJewish Story PartnersDocumentariesNancy SpielbergFilm FestivalsOctober 2023 AttacksA Letter To DavidPlaymount Productions

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New York City, New York, United States
"Spielberg, who splits her time between New York City and Israel, was in her Jerusalem apartment in the German Colony."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Spielberg, who splits her time between New York City and Israel, was in her Jerusalem apartment in the German Colony."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Her daughter, Jessica Katz, was calling from her home in Tel Aviv to warn her about the attacks in the South and to get a weapon and go to her safe room, Spielberg recalled in a recent Zoom interview."
Israel
"Above and Beyond, about Jewish American World War II pilots who helped found Israels Air Force and fought in the War of Independence; Vishniac, which explored the Russian photographer who chronicled pre-Holocaust Jewish Europe; and Closed Circuit, about a 2016 terror attack in Tel Aviv."
United Kingdom
"we were suddenly disinvited from a festival in the United Kingdom, with all kinds of reasons like we feel it would be unsafe,"
Germany
"We were hoping for a premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February and were thrilled when the new head said yes."

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