Introduced by Beth B. Schneider, consulting curator, Judaica

Roman Vishniac was a groundbreaking 20th-century photographer best known for his iconic images of Jewish life in Eastern Europe from 1935 to 1938. Few predicted that less than a decade later, these communities would be destroyed, and Vishniac’s photographs would be the last visual records of an entire world.

Vishniac (executive produced by Nancy Spielberg) follows the artist from his early years in czarist Russia to his emergence as a Modernist photographer in Weimar Berlin, as well as his journeys across Eastern Europe before World War II and his family’s dramatic escape to America in 1940.

Tickets

• $10 festival admission; $8 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+)

Plan Your Visit

• This screening takes place in the Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building.
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The presentation of Vishniac is part of the 21st Annual Houston Jewish Film Festival. Visit the Houston Jewish Film Festival website for the full schedule and more information.