Dear Community,
With all the Barbiemania happening, it’s time to rerelease my documentary The Tribe, the unauthorized, unorthodox history of the Barbie doll and the Jewish people that came out 18 years ago. I co-wrote the film with my husband Ken (see his tweet below). It premiered at Sundance in 2006 and continues to have adventures out in the world, including being regularly shown on US Navy ships.
Reboot asked me to write an essay about The Tribe. It was great to rewatch it and share a behind-the-scenes video from Sundance and the surprising/meshugana twists and turns in the making of the film.
In addition to all this Barbiemania, Ken and I are equally anticipating the Oppenheimer film also coming out Friday, or as the interweb calls it, "The Barbiheimer double feature."
In this month's summer newsletter below, I have art, films, books, and more to check out. Enjoy!
xo
T
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| Highlights from The Tribeca Film Festival
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Had a great time speaking at the Tribeca Festival. Here are some photos from my discussion on the links of Filmmaking and Formula 1 with Haider Rafique (OKX), film director Stephen Kay (Yellowstone), driver Lando Norris and Zak Brown (McClaren). And let's just say, the video I got with Lando for my daughter Odessa, who is a huge Formula 1 fan, was worth the whole experience.
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I love Dr. Ken Ginsburg's positive psychology approcah to supporting teens; check out this great campaign for all of you with teens in your life. Parents and caring adults must #StandByTeens in support of their mental health. Empower yourself with these parenting resources from @parentandteen.
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Heidi Sieck has worked tirelessly to support gender justice. Please donate for her work to suppport reproductive choice around the country. Learn more and donate here.
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Josh Kline: Project for a New American Century at the Whitney in NYC through Aug. 13
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This show at the Whitney by Josh Kline is a very dark and poignant commentary on American society. Highly recommend checking it out.
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It's Pablo-matic at the Brooklyn Museum through Sept. 24
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I read so much about this show in critique of Pablo Picasso with Hannah Gadsby at the Brooklyn Museum, both negative and postiive. As always, you have to see it for yourself and I thought it was brilliant.
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| Climate Nature Nature Climate at Nancy Hoffman Gallery in NYC
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This powerful show at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, Climate Nature - Nature Climate explores the impact of climate change through works by Linda Mieko Allen, Joan Bankemper, Rupert Deese, Don Eddy, Nathalia Edenmont, Nicole Phungrasamee Fein, Hung Liu, Carlton Nell, Frank Owen, and Jesse Small. I loved it.
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Ken and I proudly own a Jock McDonald photo from a previous series. His work is always arresting. Check out his new series on plastic here, his woven photos here, and his new book here.
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Relevance of Place is an online series of site-specific dialogues on art, ethics, and landscape. Guided by Shannon Jackson, Chair of the History of Art Department at UC Berkeley and a scholar of socially-engaged art, this platform invites artists, architects, designers, and creative thinkers to engage in conversation about the ethics, aesthetics, and relevance of place. Check it out at the Tippet Rise Art website.
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| Sanibonani at Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery in SF through Aug 5
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Jonathan Carver Moore recently opened a new gallery in SF featuring work that is so powerful. This new show features works from Black queer South African artist Zanele Muholiand and their students at the Muholi Art Institute.
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| World Culture Festival, Sept 29-Oct 1 in DC
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The World Culture Festival comes to the National Mall in DC Sept 29-Oct 1 and features artists and performers from all over the world. Get your free pass here.
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| Holocaust & Human Rights Symposium
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My grandfather, George Shlain, from Odessa, Ukraine, lost his mother, father, and siblings in the Holocaust. I'm honored to be speaking at this symposium on the Holocaust and human rights. Learn more and register here.
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| Naomi Natale's Ship for Dreams
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Naomi Natale's collective art project asks people to send driftwood and seagrass for her to incorporate into a ship. Designed to traverse the treacherous waters of grief and loss, the Ship for Dreams is a vessel on which we—individually, together—may collectively heal through our shared belief in love and the beauty of our dreams.
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| The Jews of Summer by Sandra Fox
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Jewish summer camp alumni, this book is for us.
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Organized Living: Solutions and Inspiration for Your Home
by Shira Gill
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Shira Gill's new book, which looks at the homes of professional organizers, and also shares her own philosophy on the importance of creating space, is available for pre-order!
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| The Search by Bruce Feiler
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Always love Bruce's investigations into heading a more meaningful life, and can't wait to read the new book.
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| Behold the Monster by Jillian Lauren
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This one's for the true crime fans -- Jillian Lauren's haunting account of confronting serial killer Sam Little.
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The Art Playroom by Megan Schiller
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I took my daughters to Megan Schiller's great art classes when they were young. In this book, she shows how to make art accessible and fun.
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| San Francisco Jewish Film Festival July 20-Aug 6
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I am taking my mom to the opening night and closing night films, about Gene Wilder and Bella Abzug respectively. So many good films to check out! I hope you'll join me there. See the full lineup here.
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How Do You Measure a Year?
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This short film is so powerful. Fellow Bay Area filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt interviewed his daughter on her birthday for the past 17 years in 29 minutes. Such a poignant film about growing up. Highly recommend!
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Christopher Nolan's latest epic, about J. Robert Oppenheimer's work developing the atomic bomb, looks amazing. Learn more here.
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In the spirit of the film Air about the 80s, this is another great film about hubris and big culural shifts in the 90s.
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Wes Anderson -- what can I say. His visuals are everything. In this one, the plot meandered a bit too much for me, but it's worth it just for the eye candy. See more here.
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Season two of The Bear is so brilliant -- both inspiring and devastating all at once.
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| "Hearbeat" by Claire Brooks
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Christopher Barkley and I had such a great conversation about filmmaking, creative constraints, constructive failures, AI and more on the Make It podcast.
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The Great Progression by Peter Leyden
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Peter Leyden hosted a big discussion about AI at SHACK15 a couple months ago that kicked off with Ken sharing his thoughts on the issues. This overview is a fantastic summary of what all the participants had to say. Read here.
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By Danusha Laméris
I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk
down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs
to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”
when someone sneezes, a leftover
from the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying.
And sometimes, when you spill lemons
from your grocery bag, someone else will help you
pick them up. Mostly, we don’t want to harm each other.
We want to be handed our cup of coffee hot,
and to say thank you to the person handing it. To smile
at them and for them to smile back. For the waitress
to call us honey when she sets down the bowl of clam chowder,
and for the driver in the red pick-up truck to let us pass.
We have so little of each other, now. So far
from tribe and fire. Only these brief moments of exchange.
What if they are the true dwelling of the holy, these
fleeting temples we make together when we say, “Here,
have my seat,” “Go ahead — you first,” “I like your hat.”
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