Kathe Sandler (born May 11, 1959) is a filmmaker. She won a 1996 Guggenheim Award and two Prized Pieces Awards from the National Black Programming Consortium.[1] She also received two fellowships from New York Foundation for the Arts for filmmaking.
Early life
editSandler was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Joan Sandler, former Community Education Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Alvin Sandler, a painter and graphic artist. She attended American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. Her sister is Eve Sandler.
Career
editMost known for her feature documentary, A Question of Color, Sandler became known for exploring prejudice, racial identity and the color caste system through the lens of the Black community.[2]
Sandler also made a film called Remembering Thelma, which was about the dancer Thelma Hill, debuting at the 1982 New York Film Festival.
Sandler directed The Friends, a dramatic film based on Rosa Guy's book of the same name.
She is a doctoral student in Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University.
Personal life
editOn January 7, 1984, she married Luke Charles Harris at the home of Evelyn Neal in Manhattan.
Filmography
edit- Finding a Way: New Initiative in Justice for Children
- 1982: Remembering Thelma
- 1993: A Question of Color
- 1996: The Friends
- When and Where We Enter: Stories of Black Feminism
References
edit- ^ "Kathe Sandler - Fellow: Awarded 1996 Field of Study: Film Competition: US & Canada". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (25 June 1993). "A Question of Color (1993) Review/Film; The Self Stays Strong Amid Shades Of Prejudice". The New York Times.
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