The Wild One
dir. Tessa Louisse-Salomé 2022 France 94 min.
2022 – Tribeca IFF: Award Best Cinematography, 2022 – Festival 2 Valenciennes: Jury Prize, 2022 – Cork IFF, 2022 – Denver FF, 2022 – American Film Festival, Wroclaw
“The Wild One” explores the importance of Jack Garfein's legacy and questions how art can draw on personal memory to better enlighten our present.
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An innovative, cinematic exploration of acting as a form of survival, through the life and work of Jack Garfein: Holocaust survivor, Actors Studio co-founder, controversial stage and screen director. A journey of an enigmatic, censored artist, “The Wild One” explores the importance of his legacy and questions how art can draw on personal memory to better enlighten our present.
