Harvey Brownstone Interviews Jeff Lieberman, Writer, Director, Producer, “BELLA! This Woman Belongs In The House”

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Jeff Lieberman, Writer, Director, Producer, “BELLA! This Woman Belongs In The House”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest,  Jeff Lieberman, is an award-winning journalist, producer and filmmaker whose documentary films have won him world wide acclaim.  

His 2013 film entitled “Re-emerging: the Jews of Nigeria” got rave reviews at the world’s most prestigious film festivals and was proclaimed by critics as one of the must-see documentaries of the year.   In 2015 he released his celebrated film entitled, “The Amazing Nina Simone”, which had a hugely successful theatrical run in 10 countries and is widely considered to be THE definitive cinematic tribute to this legendary music artist.  

And now, our guest is about to release a monumentally important film about the first and the greatest female trailblazer in the history of American politics: the unstoppable force of nature known as Bella Abzug.  In 1970, when America – and the world – was a patriarchy ruled by men, Bella Abzug challenged the status quo, running a groundbreaking grass roots campaign from the streets of Manhattan, that elevated her all the way to the halls of Congress from 1971 to 1977. With her irrepressible energy, fearless Bronx swagger, and captivatingly blunt oratorical frankness, she was determined to break up the “old boys’ club”, and that she did.  She battled for women’s rights, seniors’ rights, children’s rights, gay rights, racial equality - in fact, she fought for civil rights for everyone.  She fought vigorously against the Vietnam War.   She endured the mounting forces from both the right and the left, and the powers of the Nixon Administration, the CIA, FBI, and of course, the media.  The film is entitled, “Bella:  This Woman’s Place is in the House”, and it won the prestigious Library of Congress Ken Burns Prize for Film.  

This fascinating and compelling film includes never-before-seen home movies, audio diaries, newly-discovered news footage, and interviews with Hilary Clinton, Barbara Streisand, Shirley MacLaine, Lily Tomlin, Gloria Steinem, Marlo Thomas, and many more.   There can be no question that Bella Abzug paved the way for future generations of female leadership, not only in politics, but in EVERY field.   And thanks to our guest, the whole world is FINALLY going to know this amazing woman once and for all.

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To see more about Jeff Lieberman and Bella Abzug, go to:

http://www.bella1970.com/

https://www.re-emergingfilms.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BellaDocumentary/

https://twitter.com/belladocfilm 

https://www.instagram.com/belladocfilm/

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